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Thyroid Cancer Capital Area Survivors' Workshop, April 2003

Saturday, April 5 • 9 a.m.—3 p.m. at Inova Health Systems Life with Cancer Family Center

Physician Speakers:

  • Jeffrey A. Cooper, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Physician, Washington, DC
  • Yolanda Oertel, M.D., Pathologist, Washington Hospital Center
  • Monica Skarulis, M.D., Endocrinologist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Topics include:
  • Testing and Diagnostic Issues Before and After Surgery
  • Radioiodine Therapy and Scans
  • Thyroglobulin Testing
  • The Low-Iodine Diet
  • Radiation Safety in Hospital & Home
  • External Beam Radiation
  • The Thyroid Cancer Treatment Team
Snacks will be provided. For lunch, there are fast food and other restaurants in walking distance, or you can brown bag.

For more information: E-mail: thyca_northern_va@thyca.org or Washington_DC@thyca.org.

Phone: 301-493-8810

How to get there:

The Life with Cancer Center is located at 2832 Juniper Street. The building is the right one short block west beyond Gallows Road on Route 29 (Lee Highway). Immediately after turning right onto Juniper Street, turn left into the Center's parking lot.

From either north or south, take the Capital Beltway/Route 495 to Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard); exit west,then turn right on Gallows Road (very close). Go north on Gallows Road to Route 29 (not far; pass Fairfax Plaza on the left) and turn left. Juniper Street is a short block away. Turn right onto Juniper Street, then turn left into the parking lot. Parking is free.



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