Yale Cancer Center Invites Survivors to Celebrate Cancer Survivors Day
For Immediate Release
Date: 04/23/09
Contact: Renee Gaudette, (203) 436-8533, or renee.gaudette@yale.edu
New Haven, Conn. —On Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Yale Cancer Center will host a unique program for cancer survivors and their families in celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day. The event, titled Dedicated to Living, will be held at Yale’s West Campus and will feature a special keynote address by Dr. David Katz, Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Center.
Hosted by Dr. Mel Goldstein, cancer survivor and senior meteorologist on WTNH Channel 8 News, the event is free and open to the public. Registration will begin at 9:15 a.m., at Yale’s West Campus, 141 Frontage Road in Orange, CT. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m., and will include a luncheon for all attendees.
Dr. Katz will address the topic, Feeding your Recovery: We are what we Eat, Even after Cancer. In addition, participants will learn about survivorship resources available to them through the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center and the HEROS Clinic for Survivors of Pediatric Cancer at Yale.
Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, and the Connecticut Challenge are sponsors of this year’s Cancer Survivors Day. The program and luncheon are free; reservations are required. To reserve a place, please call (203) 688-2000 or (888) 700-6543, please press option 2.