Kansas City's First Support Group for Thyroid Cancer Survivors To Begin Meeting

Beginning on Monday, January 26, 2004, Kansas City's first support group for thyroid cancer survivors will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Wynbrick Healing Arts Center, 1701 Wynbrick Drive, Liberty, Mo. ThyCa Kansas City will meet at 7 p.m. on the last Monday evening each month thereafter.

Organized by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., the ThyCa Kansas City support group is free and open to all thyroid cancer survivors, their families, friends, and caregivers. For information about ThyCa Kansas City, contact Debbie Parnacott by phone at 816-580-7728 or e-mail to kc-mo@thyca.org.

Free support groups for thyroid cancer survivors are organized across the United States 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. ThyCa's 7th International Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Conference takes place on October 22-24, 2004, in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information about ThyCa's free services, visit the web site at www.thyca.org, write PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545, or e-mail to thyca@thyca.org.