June 23rd, Living With Cancer: Confronting the Challenge

Living With Cancer: Confronting the Challenge
When: Saturday, June 23rd, 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM
Where: NYU Medical Center 550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)Farkas Auditorium

Description: The Seventeenth Annual Living with Cancer Conference is intended to benefit people living with cancer, their families, friends & healthcare professionals.

The Conference is free of charge and will offer information and practical tips to confront the day-to-day challenges often imposed by cancer.

Key topics will include Caregiving, Current and Future Trends in Treatment, Fatigue and Symptom Management, Talking with Children and Teens about Cancer in the Family, Meditation and Yoga, Memory and Thinking Changes Related to Chemotherapy, Spirituality and Hope, Plant Based Diet and Cancer, Young Adults and Cancer and Reflections by Survivors.

This conference is sponsored by: American Cancer Society, Calvary Hospital, CancerCare, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York (Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center, Long Island College Hospital & New York Eye & Ear Infirmary), Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, Oncology Program Brooklyn and New York Campuses, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, New York City Chapter , Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service of New York, New York University Medical Center, NYU Cancer Institute, The Witness Project of Harlem.

For more information and registration, please call (212)712-8368