TCU is hosting "Smart Women: Discussions on Women’s Cancer Prevention" on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. and includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres, with cancer-fighting ingredients, from Bonnell’s restaurant.
The event is sponsored by TCU’s Center for Oncology Education and Research, in the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, and Moncrief Cancer Resources/UT Southwestern. The event is free and open to attend, but reservations are required.
"The Smart Women Conference evolved from a desire to educate women on prevention and screening for all cancers; especially those that impact them the greatest," said Dr. Suzy Lockwood, event chair and director of TCU’s Center for Oncology Education and Research.
Discussions on women’s cancer prevention include the following presentations: "Cancer Prevention and Genetics: What Every Woman Needs to Know" with genetic counselor Sara Pirzadeh, M.S., and "Getting the Intimacy You Want In Your Relationship" with psychotherapist Mary Jo Rapini, LPC.
Cancer continues to take a devastating toll on American women. In 2009 an estimated 270,000 will die from cancer of some kind. September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so the event was planned in honor of the two. The conference is an annual September event, expanding and changing each year to focus on different cancers and new discoveries in prevention and early detection of cancer in women.
For more information and to RSVP, e-mail s.j.barr@tcu.edu or call 817-257-6731. For more information on the Center, visit TCU’s Center for Oncology Education and Research.
Read more in a TCU Daily Skiff story.
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Shawn Kornegay
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