Mayo Clinic to Host Comprehensive Symposium for Patients with Blood Cancers

Monday, April 28, 2008

What: Living with a Blood Cancer

Patients who are fighting a cancer of the blood or who have been cured, along with their family and friends, can have their questions answered at this event. Topics include disease-specific breakout sessions as well as crucial but often overlooked issues such as advocacy, alternative therapies, finances, intimacy and legal concerns.

When: Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4, 2008. Reporters are invited to attend any portion or the entire symposium. Please arrange attendance with Mayo Clinic Press Office.

Who: Presenters include:

• Noreen Aziz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Program Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute
• Brent Bauer, M.D., Director, Mayo Clinic Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program
• Leo Gordon, M.D., Northwestern University
• S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic
• Ruben Mesa, M.D., Symposium Director, Mayo Clinic

Other national and international speakers — see agenda (http://www.mayoclinic.org/mcitems/mc5100-mc5199/mc5144-05.pdf) for complete listing.

Patients also will be available for interviews before and during the event.

Where: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 East North Water Street, Chicago

Interviews: For interviews before or during the event, or to cover select parts of the symposium, please contact the Mayo Clinic Press Office.

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