NCMC Cancer program hosts survivors’ luncheon

GREELEY, Colo.  (Nov. 7, 2008) —North Colorado Medical Center’s cancer program was pleased to host a Cancer Survivor’ Luncheon earlier this month with national speaker Sharon Lee Parker.

Parker is a well known author, speaker, and founder of the “Life Lovers’ Foundation,” which supports new and innovative cancer research. The speaker was brought to northern Colorado in collaboration with the University of Northern Colorado Foundation. 

The NCMC Cancer Institute hosted the Oct. 15 luncheon, which was well attended by cancer survivors in northern Colorado, as well as oncology health professionals and community members involved in cancer awareness and education.  Parker signed copies of her recent book, “Look Out Cancer Here I Come.” Ten participants also received free copies of the book, courtesy of the NCMC Cancer Institute. 

North Colorado Medical Center is committed to recognizing cancer survivors’ in northern Colorado, and raising awareness of how cancer treatment and technology and research continue to improve cancer survivorship

About North Colorado Medical Center
North Colorado Medical Center is a fully accredited, private, nonprofit facility licensed to operate 398 beds. It serves as a regional medical center with community-based and specialty services in a service area including southern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas and northeastern Colorado.

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Based in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of the largest, nonprofit health care systems in the country. Banner has 22 facilities that offer services that include hospital care, home care, hospice care, nursing registries, surgery centers, laboratories, rehabilitation services. These facilities are located in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Wyoming.

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