Head, Neck, and Oral Cancer: Moving Forward
Type:
Educational Support Meeting
Summary:
This is a diagnosis-specific meeting that is co-led by social workers and nurses, and 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. Participants are encouraged to share concerns while gathering medical and rehabilitation information from health care staff.
Sponsor:
Post-Treatment Resource Program
Speaker(s):
Page Tolbert, LCSW, and
Janet McKiernan, RN
Audience:
This program is for people who have had head, neck, or oral cancers. No observers, please, without prior approval.
Location:
September 10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue -- Room M-107
(between 67th & 68th Streets)
New York, NY 10065
All other dates:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories
Room RRL-101 (December 10, Room RRL-103)
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
