Sharon Schlesinger, who founded and chairs the Metastatic Breast Cancer Committee for Susan G. Komen Los Angeles County, talks about the affiliate’s upcoming 6th annual conference with Mark Alyn, Late Night Health’s host.
Susan G. Komen’s Los Angeles County 6th Annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference, “From the Laboratory to Life: A Collaborative Care Model,” will be held on November 17 @ City of Hope from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Topics include:
- How to talk to your oncologist/Collaborate on your treatment plan
- Understanding your diagnosis
- Integrative therapies that make a difference
- How to ask for what you need from loved ones/Understanding their needs
- Meet other metastatic patients and researchers
- Why researchers and patients need to collaborate
- Ways to improve your quality of life
Presenters include:
- Dr. Josh Neman
MBC Scientific Committee Program Chair; Assistant professor, Neurosurgery,
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine
- Dr. Saul Priceman
Assistant Research Professor, T Cell Immunotherapy Program, City of Hope
- Dr James Waisman
Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research,
City of Hope
- Dr. Bodour Salhia
Assistant Professor, translation Genomics, USC Keck School of Medicine
- Dr. Mao Shing Ni
Chinese Medicine, Founder of Yo San University of Chinese Medicine
- Michael Eselun
BCC, UCLA Simms/Mann Center Chaplain
Admission and lunch are free to metastatic patients and one guest.
Those who wish to attend may register now at http://komenlacountymbc@eventbrite.com
From the Laboratory to Life
From the Laboratory to Life Part 2
