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

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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