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Brain Tumors (Primary): A Meeting for Patients and Families
Category:
Type:
Educational Support Meeting
Summary:
This is a diagnosis-specific meeting that is co-led by social workers and nurses. It is tailored to give people an opportunity to work on adjustment to life after treatment. This may include changes in physical functioning, appearance, and lifestyle; altered self-image; fatigue, isolation, and concerns about the future. We encourage people to share concerns while gathering medical and rehabilitation information from healthcare staff.
Sponsor:
Post-Treatment Resource Program
Speaker(s):
Barbara Golby, LCSW
and a member of the neurology nursing staff: Dana Bellino, RN, or Mary Elizabeth Ravis, RN
Audience:
This program is for people who have had brain tumors and their families. No observers, please, without prior approval.
Location:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue -- Room M-107
(between 67th & 68th Streets)
New York, NY 10065
September 10
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories -- Room RRL-116
430 East 67th Street
(between York & First Avenues)
New York, NY 10065
Contact:
You must register to attend. To register and for more information, please call 646-888-4740.
Phone:
646-888-4740
E-mail:
ptrp@mskcc.org
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