NEW Hematology Telephone Support Group in partnership with Washington Cancer Institute
For patients and their families with a blood cancer.
Meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month beginning January 5, 2010
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
FREE teleconference (call in from your own home)
Contact Nancy Day to register at Nancy.Day@LLS.org or call 703-399-2959.
Leukemia Group- Guest Speaker
Rebecca Hileman, MA, HCL, ODL, Assistant Directory from Inova Fairfax Hospital's Blood Donor Services will talk about "The Important Role of Blood Products in Leukemia".
Thursday, January 8, 2010
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Life with Cancer Family Center, Fairfax, VA
Co-sponsored with Life With Cancer
Contact Nancy Day to register at Nancy.Day@LLS.org or call 703-399-2959.
Multiple Myeloma Group- Guest Speaker
To start off the year empowered with knowledge about the disease, medical oncologist David Heyer, MD, will provide an overview of MM and its treatments.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Life with Cancer Family Center, Fairfax, VA
Co-sponsored with Life With Cancer. Millennium sponsoring light lunch.
Contact Nancy Day to register at Nancy.Day@LLS.org or call 703-399-2959.
Support Group for Children (between ages 6 and 11)
For children with a parent or grandparent who has been diagnosed with cancer
Meets every Wednesday for 6 weeks
January 20th - February 24th
6:00 pm - 8 pm
GWU Medical Faculty Associates
Dr. Cyrus and Myretle Katzen Cancer Research Center, Washington, DC
Contact Jennifer Bires to register at jbires@mfa.gwu.edu or call 202-741-2218
Myeloproliferative Disorders (MPD) Group
For patients and their families with a diagnosis of Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia or Myelofibrosis.
January 21, 2010
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GWU Medical Faculty Associates
Ambulatory Care Building, Washington, DC
Contact Nancy Day to register at Nancy.Day@LLS.org or call 703-399-2959.
Please fill out the registration form below and indicate which program you are interested in attending. For additional information please contact Nancy Day at Nancy.Day@LLS.org or call (703) 399-2959.