News from ThyCa:
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Spring 2002
Web Site Has
New Design
ThyCa’s web site
has a brand new look, with easier navigation and more helpful information.
Check it out at http://www.thyca.org.
Local Support
Groups Now in 24 States
Some states have
two, three, or four groups. Additional support groups are being developed.
All local support groups affiliated with ThyCa are
listed on the web site in the Support Groups section.
ThyCa Sponsors
Free Spring Workshops
The web site has
details.
Capital Area
Workshop For Thyroid Cancer Survivors
Saturday, April 27, 9 am to 3 pm
Inova Health System’s Life with Cancer Family Center
2832 Juniper Street, Merrifield, Virginia.
Featured Speakers:
Lisa M. Boyle, M.D., Surgeon, Washington Hospital Center, Washington,
D.C.
Frank R. Crantz, M.D., Endocrinologist, Alexandria, Virginia
Yolanda Oertel, M.D., Pathologist, Washington Hospital Center, Washington,
D.C.
Matthew D. Ringel, M.D., Endocrinologist, Washington Hospital Center,
Washington, D.C.
New England
Workshop For Thyroid Cancer Survivors
Saturday, May 18, 10 am to 4 pm
Kent County Memorial Hospital Auditorium
455 Tollgate Road, Warwick, Rhode Island
Featured Speakers:
Stephanie Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinologist, Boston Medical Center,
Boston, MA
Arturo Rolla, M.D., Endocrinologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, MA
R. Michael Tuttle, M.D., Endocrinologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, New York, NY
Mark the Dates:
October 11-13, 2002
5th International Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Conference
Los Angeles Athletic Club
431 West 7th Street,
Los Angeles, California
Our 2002 Conference takes place in a beautiful conference facility
in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, just blocks from major cultural,
shopping, business, and government centers.
Physician speakers from numerous major medical centers coast to coast
have already confirmed (see list below). We are also excited to announce
the locations for the next two conferences: Houston, Texas, in 2003
and Chicago, Illinois, in 2004.
A ThyCa conference is a three-day event, featuring sessions about
every type of thyroid cancer. We have sessions for people being tested
or newly diagnosed, for those who have been survivors for many years,
and for family members and caregivers.
Confirmed Speakers
as of March 19, 2002
Glenn Braunstein,
M.D., Endocrinologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Gregory Brent, M.D., Endocrinologist, UCLA School of Medicine/West
Los Angeles VA, Los Angeles, CA
Inder Chopra, M.D., Endocrinologist, UCLA School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA
Gary Clayman, D.D.S., M.D., Surgeon, University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, TX
David Cooper, M.D., Endocrinologist, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore,
Baltimore, MD; Secretary, American Thyroid Association
Douglas Evans, M.D., Surgeon, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, TX
Alan P. Farwell, M.D., Endocrinologist, UMass Memorial Medical Center,
Worcester, MA; Chair, Patient Education and Advocacy Committee,
American Thyroid Association
Karen Ferguson, Founder (1995) and Co-Facilitator, AOL Thyroid Cancer
Mutual Support Group, NC
Leah Guljord, Coordinator, ThyCa Support Groups, and Editor, ThyCa
Low Iodine Cookbook, FL
Bryan Haugen, M.D., Endocrinologist, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Jerome Hershman, M.D., Endocrinologist, UCLA School of Medicine, Los
Angeles, CA
Richard Kloos, M.D., Endocrinologist, Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH
Stephanie Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinologist, Boston Medical Center,
Boston, MA
Susan Mandel, M.D., Endocrinologist, Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Donald Margouleff, M.D., Chief of Nuclear Medicine, North Shore University
Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Yolanda Oertel, M.D., Pathologist, Washington Hospital Center, Washington,
DC
Greg Randolph, M.D., Otolaryngologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Boston, MA
Vera Ray, Facilitator, ThyCa Medullary Thyroid Cancer E-Mail Support
Group, GA
Matthew D. Ringel, M.D., Endocrinologist, Washington Hospital Center,
Washington, DC
Arturo R. Rolla, M.D., Endocrinologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, MA
Nicholas J. Sarlis, M.D., Ph.D., Endocrinologist, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, MD
Pam Schultz, R.N., M.S., Program Director for Endocrinology, University
of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Rena Vassilpoulou-Sellin, M.D., Endocrinologist, University of Texas,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Peter Singer, M.D., Endocrinologist, USC Ambulatory Care Health Center,
Los Angeles, CA; President-Elect, American Thyroid Association
Karen Smyers, Champion Triathlete, MA
Betty Solbjor, ThyCa Webmistress and Reiki Practitioner, MA
Carole Spencer, Ph.D., F.A.C.B., Professor of Medicine, University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; President, American Thyroid
Association
Megan Stendebach, Conference Coordinator and Thyroid Cancer Song Composer,
TX
Michael Tuttle, M.D., Endocrinologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, NY
Leonard Wartofsky, M.D., Endocrinologist, Washington Hospital Center,
Washington, DC
Lawrence Wood, M.D., Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA
....and more to be confirmed soon
Watch for further conference details and the registration form on
the web site at http://www.thyca.org.
For more information, e-mail Megan Stendebach, Conference Coordinator
and ThyCa Board Member, San Antonio, Texas, at conference@thyca.org.
Other Cancer News
Free Workshop
Employment
and Health Insurance Issues For Cancer Survivors
Saturday, June 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Suburban Hospital Auditorium
8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland
Speakers include attorneys, the Maryland Health Insurance Ombudsman,
and cancer survivors. Sponsored by Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, Colorectal Cancer Network, ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’
Association, Y-Me, and Greater Washington Coalition for Cancer
Survivorship
News
From the National Cancer Institute, February 2002: Protein Patterns
May Identify Ovarian Cancer
Scientists from
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Cancer Institute
(NCI) report today, in a special fast-tracked release in
The Lancet*, that patterns of proteins found in patients' blood serum
may reflect the presence of disease. In the study, scientists used
serum
proteins to detect ovarian cancer, even at early stages. They report
that this new diagnostic concept is potentially applicable to any
type of disease. Using a test that can be completed in 30 minutes
using blood that can be obtained from a finger stick, researchers
were able to differentiate between serum samples taken from patients
with ovarian cancer and those from unaffected individuals. For supplemental
materials on this study, please go to http://newscenter.cancer.gov/behindnews/index.html.
About These News Briefs
These news briefs
are a service of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.,
an all-volunteer nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization of
thyroid cancer survivors, family members, and health care professionals,
dedicated to support, education, and communication for thyroid cancer
survivors, families, and friends. ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’
Association, Inc. www.thyca.org;
E-mail: thyca@thyca.org Toll-Free:
1-877-588-7904
P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
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