Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Workshop Set for March 3, 2007

ThyCa, the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, will offer a FREE one-day workshop for thyroid cancer survivors, their families, caregivers, and friends on March 3, 2007 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Center at Scottsdale Healthcare, Shea campus, 9003 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ.

ThyCa Phoenix Thyroid Cancer Support Group has organized the workshop in cooperation with the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare. Attendees may register on site at the workshop.

This workshop is FREE and open to people at all stages of testing and treatment for all types of thyroid cancer, as well as their families, friends, and caregivers.

Featured speakers include:

• Daniel S. Duick, M.D., FACP, FACE, Endocrinology Associates, Phoenix, President, Academy of Clinical Thyroidologists, President Elect, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• Calvin Lutrin, M.D., Medical Director, Nuclear Medicine Service, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix
• Peter Nutley, M.D., FACS, Head and Neck Surgeon, Phoenix
• Kristina B. Rudgear, M.D., Medical Director, Scottsdale Thyroid Institute
• Suzanne Hyde L.M.S.W., Medical Social Worker, Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, Scottsdale
• Tresha Baldwin, PT, Owner 360¢ª Physical Therapy and Aquatic Centers, Tempe/Scottsdale and valley wide

Presentations and question-and-answer sessions will cover guidelines for diagnosing thyroid cancer, thyroid and neck surgery, recurring disease treatment, Radioactive Iodine therapy and nuclear scans, the low iodine diet, physical therapy following neck surgery, and community and financial resources for the cancer patient.

For further information about the workshop, e-mail Thyca_Phoenix@thyca.org, call Gail Gundling at 480-585-5811 or Joan Hedman at 480-917-6930.