All in the family: A UCSF update on UCSF Cancer Risk Program
WHAT:
In observance of the 10th anniversary of the UCSF Cancer Risk Program, a free community forum titled “All in the Family: A UCSF Update on Hereditary Cancer” will be presented.
Experts will address common concerns about inherited risk for cancer, provide updates on new advances, and explain how elevated risk can be mitigated by surveillance, preventive surgery and lifestyle changes. The program will include a panel of patients and genetic counselors.
WHO:
The UCSF Cancer Risk Program provides genetic counseling and gene testing for families suspected of harboring hereditary cancer. Speakers include UCSF genetic counselors and cancer specialists:
* Frank McCormick, PhD, director, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
* John Ziegler, MD, MSc, director, UCSF Cancer Risk Program
* Mary Beattie, MD, MAS, asst. clinical professor of medicine
* Beth Crawford, MS, genetic counselor, UCSF Cancer Risk Program
* Charles J. Epstein, MD, professor of pediatrics
* Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, director, Carol Franc Buck Cancer Center
* C. Bethan Powell, MD, asst. professor of ob/gyn and reproductive sciences
* Jonathan Terdiman, MD, assoc. clinical professor of medicine
WHEN:
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
3-6 p.m.
WHERE:
Herbst Hall
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
1600 Divisidero Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco
CONTACT:
Media interested in interviews or attending the event, please contact Nancy Chan, UCSF News Services at (415) 885-7277.
UCSF Cancer Risk Program
All in the Family:
An UCSF Update on Hereditary Cancer Event