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 first of a three-part telephone education workshop programThe Sixth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer.

Part I, which takes place on April 22nd is entitled, The Importance of Communicating with Your Doctor About Follow-Up Care. The faculty for this program includes Richard N. Boyajian, RN, MS, Cancer Survivor, Nurse Practitioner, Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic, Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP, Professor and Chair, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care, Massey Cancer Center-Virginia Commonwealth University; and Debra L. Friedman, MD, Director, Survivorship Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 

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

Marian Malloy Blackman, 13-year breast cancer survivor

"This treatment summary and plan is concise and easy. It’s like having someone go through my medical record and extract all the most pertinent information and translate it into an easily readable packet."
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