SOURCE: THYCA NEWS RELEASE

On May 18, the second annual regional workshop for thyroid cancer survivors will be held at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island. The workshop is organized by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to survivor education and outreach. There is no need to register in advance, and thanks to sponsors, including the American Cancer Society, the workshop is free to thyroid cancer survivors, their families and healthcare professionals. More information is available at ThyCa’s web site www.thyca.org.

The program will begin in the auditorium at 9:30 a.m. and will include three endocrinologists who specialize in treating thyroid cancer survivors. After each speaker, the audience will have time for questions and answers.

Stephanie Lee, M.D., Ph.D. of the Boston Medical Center, who will review her research on the low iodine diet, which thyroid cancer survivors must follow for two weeks before having whole body scans and radioiodine therapy. Arturo Rolla, M.D. of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, who will talk about thyroid functions and how thyroid cancer impacts survivors. R. Michael Tuttle, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, who will talk about the use of Thyrogen in the management of thyroid cancer.

Conference organizers are committed to help other survivors because thyroid cancer is a disease that impacts survivors from the time of diagnosis for the rest of their lives. They must learn to cope with a strict regimen of daily medications plus the impact of periodic tests and treatments that can significantly affect the quality of their lives.

ThyCa’s regional workshops are just part of the free resources the non-profit volunteer organization has created to help survivors around the world. In addition to this annual workshop, volunteers facilitate four local support groups in New England in Warwick, RI; Boston, MA; Lawrence, MA; and Nashua, NH. Information about the workshop or local support groups is available at ThyCa’s web site at www.thyca.org or by calling ThyCa Survivors’ Toll-Free Telephone Service at 877-588-7904.

DETAILS

New England Workshop for Thyroid Cancer Survivors
Saturday May 18, 2002
Kent County Memorial Hospital auditorium, 455 Tollgate Road, Warwick, RI
Free Admission
Organized byThyCa Support Groups of New England, affiliates of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.

Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Website: www.thyca.org
E-mail: thyca@thyca.org
PO Box 1545
New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll-Free: 1-877-588-7904
Fax: 1-503-905-9725