Events at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center recognizes the importance of being a good community partner and offers many interesting, informative and compassionate events to improve the health of our neighbors. Come join us!
Cancer Prevention Series:
- Tobacco Cessation to prevent lung, head and neck cancer
- Palliative Care: What is it and how can it benefit the cancer patient/survivor?
- Redefining yourself after cancer and addressing fear of reoccurrence
- Nutrition and Exercise Prescription for the Cancer Survivor with Cooking Demo
Cancer Prevention Series
Tobacco Cessation to prevent lung, head and neck cancer
Date: May 8, 2013
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Canyon Conference Rooms
Banner Gateway Medical Center
RSVP: Call (602) 230-CARE or online
Dr. Ronald Servi will present tobacco cessation techniques to reduce risk of lung, head and neck cancer. The National Cancer Institute states that 90% of lung cancer deaths among men and approximately 80% of lung cancer deaths among women are due to smoking.
Smoking causes many other types of cancer, including cancers of the throat, mouth, nasal cavity, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix, and acute myeloid leukemia.
Palliative Care: What is it and how can it benefit the cancer patient/survivor?
Date: June 12, 2013
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Canyon Conference Rooms
Banner Gateway Medical Center
RSVP: Call (602) 230-CARE or online
Palliative Care is a wonderful resource cancer patients can utilize to improve quality of life. Join Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Kerry Tobias to learn about the benefits of palliative care for the newly diagnosed patient with cancer, those during cancer treatment and cancer survivors.
Dr. Kerry Tobias is certified as an American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician with Subspecialty Certifications in Pain Management and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Redefining yourself after cancer and addressing fear of reoccurrence
Date: July 10, 2013
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Canyon Conference Rooms
Banner Gateway Medical Center
RSVP: Call (602) 230-CARE or online
Battling cancer is life changing. Cancer survivors struggle with life after cancer and redefining themselves and their relationships at work, with family and with friends. In addition cancer survivors can struggle with the fear of reoccurrence. Please join Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in our Cancer Survivorship series to address these issues and more importantly learn ways to cope with these changes and improve quality of life.
Nutrition and Exercise Prescription for the Cancer Survivor with Cooking Demo
Date: August 14, 2013
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Canyon Conference Rooms
Banner Gateway Medical Center
RSVP: Call (602) 230-CARE or online
Join Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center to learn about the latest research in nutrition and exercise to improve treatment related side effects, symptom management and decreases risk of reoccurrence in cancer survivors. Cooking demonstration included.
