First Annual Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ New England Workshop
8 April 2001

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Event: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' New England Workshop 2001
The ONLY workshop in New England for survivors of this rare cancer.
Name: New England Workshop for Thyroid Cancer Survivors
Date: 19 May 2001
Place: O’Keefe Auditorium, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Cost: FREE
Organized by: ThyCa Support Groups of New England,
Affiliated with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Web site: http:// www.thyca.org
Media Contacts: Ric Blake (Rblake@thyca.org)
Day: 978-689-6656
Evening: 603-434-4932
or
Shannon Parrish : 617-868-2630
Address: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll Free Survivors’ Information Number: 877-588-7904
Web site: http://www.thyca.org
E-Mail: thyca@thyca.org

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Event: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' New England Workshop 2001
The ONLY workshop in New England for survivors of this rare cancer.
Date: 19 May 2001
Place: O’Keefe Auditorium, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Cost: FREE

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

On May 19, thyroid cancer survivors and their families are invited to attend a one-day workshop at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Sponsored by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc, and the American Cancer Society, New England Division, the workshop is
FREE and open to thyroid cancer survivors and their families.

The presenters in the morning are Gregory Randolph, M.D., FACE, Director of General Otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
and Arturo Rolla, M.D., an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a founding member of ThyCa’s Medical
Advisory Council.

The afternoon program includes a Survivors’ Panel and a presentation by the New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship called How To Support
a Cancer Survivor. Throughout the day, portraits by photographer Gretje Ferguson will be on exhibit. This show is part of Ms. Ferguson’s larger
exhibit called Confronting Cancer: Images of Strength and Hope, which is currently touring New England.

Workshop details are available on ThyCa’s web site at <www.thyca.org>, by mail at ThyCa:Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., P.O. Box
1545, New York, NY 10159-1545 and through the ThyCa Survivors’ Toll-Free Telephone Service (877-588-7904). Queries may also be sent by
e-mail to Boston_MA@thyca.org.

RE: First Annual Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ New England Workshop
Date: 8 April 2001
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Released by: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Web site: http:// www.thyca.org
Media Contact: Ric Blake: (Rblake@thyca.org)
Address: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll-Free Survivors’ Information Number: 877-588-7904

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Event: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' New England Workshop 2001
The ONLY workshop in New England for survivors of this rare cancer.
Name: New England Workshop for Thyroid Cancer Survivors
Date: 19 May 2001
Place: O’Keefe Auditorium, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Cost: FREE
Organized by: ThyCa Support Groups of New England,
Affiliated with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Web site: http:// www.thyca.org
Media Contacts: Ric Blake (Rblake@thyca.org)
Day: 978-689-6656
Evening: 603-434-4932
or
Shannon Parrish : 617-868-2630
Address: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll Free Survivors’ Information Number: 877-588-7904
Web site: http://www.thyca.org
E-Mail: thyca@thyca.org

ThyCa NEWS RELEASE ThyCa NEWS RELEASE ThyCa NEWS RELEASE

______________________________________________________________________________

Event: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' New England Workshop 2001
The ONLY workshop in New England for survivors of this rare cancer.
Date: 19 May 2001
Place: O’Keefe Auditorium, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Cost: FREE

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

On May 19, thyroid cancer survivors and their families are invited to attend a one-day workshop at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Sponsored by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc, and the American Cancer Society, New England Division, the workshop is
FREE and open to thyroid cancer survivors and their families.

The presenters in the morning are Gregory Randolph, M.D., FACE, Director of General Otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Arturo Rolla, M.D., an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and a founding member of ThyCa’s Medical Advisory Council.

The afternoon program includes a Survivors’ Panel and a presentation by the New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship called How To Support a Cancer Survivor. Throughout the day, portraits by photographer Gretje Ferguson will be on exhibit. This show is part of Ms. Ferguson’s larger exhibit called Confronting Cancer: Images of Strength and Hope, which is currently touring New England.

Workshop details are available on ThyCa’s web site at <www.thyca.org>, by mail at ThyCa:Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545 and through the ThyCa Survivors’ Toll-Free Telephone Service (877-588-7904). Queries may also be sent by e-mail to Boston_MA@thyca.org.

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