Events Calendar for 2003/2004

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MD Anderson Conference on "Living Fully With Cancer"
Houston, Texas
September 4-6, 2003

This is an annual conference presented by the Anderson Network, where cancer patients, their families, and caregivers can share hope, support, and understanding with others like themselves, regardless of where they received treatment. Conference attendance will be limited to the first 900 paid registrants or those who register before the end of August, whichever comes first. For information, call 800-345-6324 or 713-792-2553.

 

 

LRF's 2003 Ed Forum in Washington, D.C.
October 25-26, 2003

Join the Lymphoma Research Foundation at its eighth annual Patient Educational Forum on Lymphoma! The 2003 Ed Forum will take place just blocks from the White House at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and Sunday, October 25-26, with a special advocacy training session and welcome reception and dinner on Friday, October 24.

Ed Forum chair Morton Coleman, M.D., has helped LRF develop an exciting program for the conference, featuring presentations led by top lymphoma experts and patient support specialists, including sessions on lymphoma diagnosis and biology, promising new research, imaging technologies, and clinical trials. Also on the agenda is a Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia breakout session led by Morie Gertz, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic, and a WM networking group, in which survivors can share their experiences and offer one another information and support.

Sessions will also address nutrition, insurance and reimbursement, communication and healthy survivorship. The Forum will offer many opportunities for attendees to interact with the experts and network with other patients and caregivers.

For more information, please contact LRF at (800) 500-9976 or LRF@lymphoma.org.

 

 

UCLA to Host International Summit on Waldenstrom's
November 7-9, 2003

The Second International Patient and Physician Summit on Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia will be held at UCLA in Los Angeles on November 7—9, 2003. This summit will include seminars on the history and epidemiology of WM, its genetics and biology, clinical presentation and diagnostic factors, as well as treatment options with an emphasis on new drugs and clinical trials available for the disease. The summit is open to physicians, patients with WM or other lymphomas, their families and caregivers. Chaired by Dr. Christos Emmanouilides, member of the IWMF scientific Advisory Committee, it promises to be a vivid, productive and highly interactive event. The IWMF is proud to be a sponsor, and we look forward to seeing strong support from our membership. Further information and on-line registration are available at www.conferences.ucla.edu/waldenstrom; or call 1-888-825-5305 (toll-free within the USA) or 310-825-5305 (if calling from outside the United States). Fax number: 310-206-7122; E-mail: kboles@ha.ucla.edu.

 

 

Spring 2004 Educational Forum

This Forum will be held from Friday, May 21 ¯ Sunday, May 23 at the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, northwest of Chicago. The Lincolnshire qualifies as a true "resort" rather than only a hotel. It has its own golf course, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, 170 acres including an 8-mile hiking/biking trail that passes the Wisconsin-Illinois border, live theater, an indoor tennis and racquetball facility, and a fitness center. Forum attendees may find the Lincolnhire worth an extended stay, either before or after the Forum.