CancerCare, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship and Office of Communications and Education, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Intercultural Cancer Council, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, will present the second of a three-part telephone education workshop programThe Sixth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer.

Part II, Rediscovering Intimacy in Your Relationships Following Treatmentwill take place on May 13th.  Presented by:

Debra Thaler-De Mers
BSN, RN, OCN, Cancer Survivor, Staff Nurse, Hematology/Oncology, Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Trainer, Stanford University Medical Center
Sarah S. Auchincloss
MD, Attending Psychiatrist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Adjunct Attending Psychiatrist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Sharon L. Bober
PhD, Director, Sexual Health Program, Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School

This free series, made possible by support from National Cancer Institute: Office of Cancer Survivorship and Office of Communications and Education and Lance Armstrong Foundation, offers cancer survivors, their families, friends and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns and issues that arise after treatment ends.  

SURVIVOR PROFILES

Merv Williams, three-year prostate cancer survivor

Life has many challenges, but it’s our response to the toughest tests that proves our mettle. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007, I knew I had no other choice but to survive first and then make the most of my experience.
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