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Thyroid Cancer Public Education Symposium

When: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 5:00pm-8:00pm

Where: The Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center of Northwestern University
Baldwin Auditorium
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL (Chicago campus map) Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
Public transportation routes to the Northwestern campus can be found here: TransitChicago.com
Discounted parking available at Huron/St Clair garage and the Erie/Ontario garage

A a boxed dinner will be provided for all pre-registered guests.

* Due to an overwhelming response, the Thyroid Cancer Public Education Symposium can no longer accept further regsitrations. You can sign up for our general mailing list to be informed of future, similar, events.

Covered Topics and Speakers:

Detection and Initial Treatment
Dina Elaraj, MD

Surgery for Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Jose Dutra, MD

Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostics
Stewart Spies, MD

Screening and Treatment for Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
Cord Sturgeon, MD

Hormone Replacement, Clinical Trials and Long-term Thyroid Cancer Management
Peter Kopp, MD

ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
Jessica Brunner / Tina Stipati - Chicago ThyCa Support Group Facilitators
ThyCa - a national non-profit Thyroid Cancer Support Organization for patients and their families

Free and Open To the Public

For more information on ThyCa and available serivces, visit ThyCa.org
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