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WHAT: Webcast
– M.D. Anderson Presents…“Patient
Power” with Andrew Schorr
www.mdanderson.org/patientpower.
Tumors
requiring skull base surgery present a unique challenge to doctors. The M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center is one of the very few centers in the US to have a
specialized program for treating these tumors, where physicians work together
to create personalized plans to ensure the best outcome for each patient. Join
host Andrew Schorr, along with the co-directors of M.D. Anderson’s Skull Base
Tumor Program, for a discussion of treatment options.
WHO
(FEATURED GUESTS):
Ehab
Y. Hanna, M.D., F.A.C.S.:
Co-Director of the Skull Base Tumor Program and Medical Director of the Head
and Neck Multidisciplinary Care Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Franco
DeMonte, M.D., FRCS(C), FACS: Co-Director
of the Skull Base Tumor Program, Deputy Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
and Medical Director of the Brain & Spine Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center
Andrew
Schorr: Host
and eleven-year CLL survivor
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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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