Physician To Speak on Thyroid Cancer Treatment at the Baltimore Thyroid Cancer Support Group Meeting

Saturday, March 8, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon 
FREE

Matt Kim, M.D., Endocrinologist and faculty member of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will speak about thyroid cancer treatment and long-term follow-up, as well as the use of thyroid hormone replacement in thyroid cancer patients on Saturday, March 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Baltimore thyroid cancer support group meeting.

The presentation takes place at the The Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital, 2401 West Belvedere Avenue, located in suburban Baltimore, Maryland, north of the city, inside Interstate 695, just west of Interstate 83, and near Northern Parkway.

This free presentation and question-and-answer session is open to people at all stages of testing, treatment, and follow-up for thyroid cancer, as well as their families and friends. Dr. Cooper was also a speaker at the 5th International Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association Conference in October 2002.

For more information, call the Cancer Institute at 410-601-4688 or contact Marion Hammond, the thyroid cancer support group facilitator, by e-mail at Baltimore-MD@thyca.org.

Free services and resources for thyroid cancer survivors are organized by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. ThyCa is a nonprofit, volunteer organization providing person-to-person and e-mail support groups, a free low-iodine cookbook, a free newsletter, and other educational services and resources to thyroid cancer survivors and their families at no charge.

For more information about ThyCa's free support services and annual conference, visit the web site atwww.thyca.org, call toll-free 1-877-588-7904, write PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545, or e-mail tothyca@thyca.org.