Eric Feldman, M.D., former Chief of Cancer Care Services at Group Health, has been a practicing Medical Oncologist for over 30 years. He’ll share an insider’s perspective on how your doctor thinks, to help you best work with your Oncologist for optimal treatment outcomes.
Gilda’s Club of Seattle hosts five, free evening talks this month on topics ranging from fertility to finances to funerals.
In February, Gilda’s Club of Seattle hosts talks on the benefits of exercise and good nutrition for those living with cancer, naturopathic cancer care, and how couples successfully cope with cancer. Talks are free and open to the public, but registration required.
Talks at Gilda’s Club Seattle in January: “Reducing your cancer risk”, “Ask the Doctor: Gynecologic Cancers” and “Breast Cancer Screening: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All”.
Talks will cover common medical, physical, emotional and social issues that cancer survivors face and the latest advances in radiation therapy.
Topics: Breast Cancer Screening, Keeping Intimacy Alive and Exercise for a Healthy Inner Body
Titles: When are we going to cure cancer? Cancer Chemotherapies and the Health of Your Bones. Late Effects After Cancer Therapy
Gilda’s Club Workshop: Communicating with Your Child Noogieland Family Workshop with Michelle Massey, LICSW, (With special guest Miss Kailee Taylor (age 11). When: Sat. Aug. 7th 12:30pm-2pm Where: Gilda’s Club Seattle 1400 Broadway in Seattle. Massey will be speaking about child development, ways to enhance communication with your child/teen, and common feelings and reactions of children [...]
Barbara Flye, the Senior Health Policy advisor to Washington Insurance Commissioner, Mike Kreidler, will provide an overview of the new health care reform law, and will help you understand how it relates to coverage for people with cancer.
Gilda’s Club Seattle offers talks by experts on cancer and issues related to cancer and cancer survivors. The talks are free and open to all.
How to be a Powerful, Web-Savvy Patient Andrew Schorr, a 10 year leukemia survivor from Mercer Island, and host of nationwide Patient Power® talk shows with experts online, shows you how to find authoritative, empowering information online and how it can help you in your relationship with your doctor(s). He helps you avoid websites with [...]
Cancer Survivorship Mini-Series: Survivors of Childhood Cancers – Moving Beyond Cure Gilda‚s Club Seattle and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program team up to bring you four opportunities to learn about cancer survivorship in 2010. For our first lecture, Dr. Eric Chow – a Pediatric oncologist and director of the Childhood Cancer Survivor [...]
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