Educational and Health Events
December
Managing Arm Lymphedema After Cancer
Thursday, December 6, 4 - 5:30 pm Please join us for a listen and learn session on preventing swelling in your arm and hand following breast surgery. Physical therapists Jet Lee PT, PhD, CLT, Betty Smoot PT, DPTSc and Hidelisa Manibusan PT, DPT, MTC along with Nurse Educator Debby Hamolsky RN, MS, AOCNS, will be your guides.
RSVP: ucsflymphedema@gmail.com or (415) 353-7672. Class times are subject to change. Please RSVP so the coordinator can notify you.
Location: UCSF Osher Center, Room 325, 1545 Divisadero Street (at Post Street).
January
Managing Arm Lymphedema After Cancer
Monday, January 7th, 4 - 6 pm Please join us for a listen and learn session on preventing swelling in your hand and arm following breast surgery. Physical therapists Jet Lee PT, PhD, CLT, Betty Smoot PT, DPTSc, and Hidelisa Manibusan PT, DPT, MTC along with Nurse Educator Debby Hamolsky RN, MS, AOCNS, will be your guides.
RSVP: ucsflymphedema@gmail.com or (415) 353-7672. Class times are subject to change. Please RSVP so the coordinator can notify you.
Location: UCSF Osher Center, Room 325, 1545 Divisadero Street (at Post Street).
Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum
Wednesday, January 9, 6 - 7:30 pm Moderated by Hope Rugo, MD, the Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum is a gathering of health care providers, researchers, patients, patient advocates, friends, families and caregivers. This forum will focus on new developments in breast cancer research, and an update from the San Antonio 2012 international breast cancer conference. Light dinner and discussion.
This and other Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum events are also available by podcast.
More Information
Location: UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, 3rd floor Conference Room.
Contact Lauren Metzroth at (415) 885-7213 or Lauren.Metzroth@ucsfmedctr.org.
Integrative Cancer Care
Tuesday, January 15, 5:30 - 7 pm Increasingly, people with cancer are looking for complementary methods of treatment to help boost the efficacy of conventional therapies. In this seminar, you will learn about the complementary therapies which may be useful while receiving conventional chemo, radiation or hormonal therapies. We'll also discuss complementary therapies and nutritional strategies which may be useful to counter symptoms associated with cancer, treatment or survival beyond therapy.
Donald Abrams, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and Chief of Hematology/Oncology at SFGH, is world-renowned in the field of integrative cancer care. He provides Integrative Oncology consultations at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. No charge.
Please register with the Cancer Resource Center: (415) 885-3693.
Location: UCSF UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero St., Herbst Hall.
