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September 2012
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In This Issue...

Walk/Run for Hope
New Fact Sheets and Booklets
September Awareness

In Your Words
Connect Education Workshops
Support CancerCare

Focus On

Walk/Run for Hope

Participants at our Lung Cancer Walk for Hope in Woodbury, NY

Walk or run with us! CancerCare’s Walk/Run for Hope events bring friends, families, and community members together to raise funds for a great cause—supporting our free, professional services we provide to anyone affected by cancer.

Our Walk/Run for Hope 2012 events include:

9/9	Walk/Run for Hope, Fairfield, CT
9/23	Walk/Run for Hope, Paramus, NJ
10/14	Walk/Run for Hope, Long Branch, NJ
11/4	Lung Cancer Walk for Hope, Woodbury, NY

What’s New

New Fact Sheets and Connect Booklets

Treatment Update: Breast Cancer provides the latest information on current treatments available for people coping with breast cancer and on new drugs in development.
“Diagnostic Tests for Early-Stage Breast Cancer” explains how knowing patients’ tumor type and hormone receptor status helps doctors provide care tailored to each patient.
Understanding the Role of Personalized Medicine explains how oncologists can provide more effective treatments tailored to each patient’s specific tumor type thanks to research into the genetic makeup of tumors.
“Understanding Follicular Lymphoma” describes current treatments for follicular lymphoma.

Order free copies of CancerCare’s publications through our online order form.

Managing Your Cancer

September Awareness

September is the awareness month for many cancer diagnoses. Learn about our support services and educational resources we offer for:

Childhood cancers
Gynecologic cancers
Blood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma)
Myelofibrosis (September 20)
Ovarian cancer
Prostate cancer
Thyroid cancer

September is also Pain Awareness Month—learn about our pain resources.

Ask CancerCare

Our experts address your questions on a specific cancer topic each month. During September, submit your question to our expert about young adult women and cancer.

Connect with Us

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Twitter

CopeLink

In Your Words

“The young adult caregiver support group at CancerCare really gave me an outlet, one hour a week, to talk to people my age who were going through the same thing that I was going through. It freed up so much space in the rest of my life to interact with my friends and family the way I wanted to.”

—Kathryn, caring for her husband with melanoma
Watch Kathryn’s video in our Stories of Help and Hope »

CancerCare Connect^®

Education Workshops

Our free Connect Education Workshops give you the latest cancer information straight from leading experts. You can listen in live by telephone or online and will have a chance to ask the experts your own questions.

Workshop Calendar

9/11	Advances in Treating Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting
9/19	Overview of Myelofibrosis, Current Treatment Options and Quality-of-Life Concerns
9/28	Advances in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
10/11	Progress in the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
10/12	Dealing with the Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments

Missed a Connect Workshop? Listen to past workshops as podcasts through the CancerCare website.

Support CancerCare

National coffee and tea retailer Caribou Coffee will donate a portion of the proceeds from sales of their Amy’s Blend coffee products in support of our free services from September 29 to November 7.

Visit www.cariboucoffee.com to find a location near you.

And as always, you can help us continue our free services to anyone facing cancer by making a donation today.

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