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CANCER TREATMENT: How to Make Informed Choices about Standard Care and Clinical Trials


Please join the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for a FREE educational session on:

Speaker: Terrence P. Cescon, M.D.
                 Director of the Family Risk Assessment Center

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Registration starts at 5:30pm)

Location: The Reading Health System
                 Conference rooms 1 & 2  (R Building Conference Center)
                 West Reading, PA 19611
                 (Free parking in 5th Avenue lot)

Topics covered:

  • Steps to take to help you make treatment decisions
  • Questions to ask about the benefits and risks of standard treatment and treatment under study in clinical trials
  • How new cancer treatments are developed and approved
  • How to sort out the myths from the facts about clinical trials
  • How to locate clinical trials that may be right for you
  • How The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and other resources that can help you

Pre-registration is required for this program. Please call Mary Ann Chupella at 610-266-8513 ext 13, email maryann.chupella@lls.org or click here to register for this free event.

For more information, assistance for people with disabilities or grievances, please contact: Mary Ann Chupella at (610) 266-8513 ext 13

This program is offered in collaboration with:

               Reading Health System   Reading Hospital   Cancer Community Support LV

 

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last updated on Friday, February 15, 2013
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