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WHAT: Webcast
– M.D. Anderson Presents…“Patient
Power” with Andrew Schorr
www.mdanderson.org/patientpower.
Approximately
5-10% of cancers are hereditary. Join host Andrew Schorr and Dr. Karen Lu from
the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as they discuss genetic counseling and testing,
as well as the identified genetic connections to cancer. Call in with your
questions live!
WHO
(FEATURED GUESTS):
Karen
Lu, M.D.:
Associate Professor of Gynecology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Andrew
Schorr: Host
and eleven-year CLL survivor
WHEN:
Tuesday,
October 16, 2007 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Central Time
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Listen
at mdanderson.org/patientpower
ABOUT PATIENT POWER:
Patient
Power debuted in February 2005 and is a weekly show hosted by Andrew Schorr,
eleven-year leukemia survivor, patient educator and patient advocate.
The show features renowned medical experts on topics that include
cancer, pain, diabetes, and heart specialists, as well as experts in clinical
trials and top pharmacists. The show serves to bring patients together in
a radio and Internet community to help navigate an often inhospitable
healthcare system. Patient Power takes questions from callers and
Internet listeners on topics such as how to find the right doctor, how to
advocate for effectively, when to get a second opinion from a specialist, and
how to evaluate one treatment option over another.
An
overriding goal of the program is to help listeners get smart about available
treatments. To quote Andrew: “I am doing this to help other people see
that they can be a powerful patient too and it will make a big difference in
their care. We aren’t selling things, and we have no agenda to push other
than to take control of your own healthcare rather than allow the system to run
roughshod over you. Our goal is to mentor and guide patients and their families
as they fight a serious illness or condition so they can achieve the best
health possible.”
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