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A free program for anyone touched by cancer

 
Saturday, November 9, 2002
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Registration at 8:30 a.m.)

Seigel Auditorium 
Washington Cancer Institute at

Washington Hospital Center 
110 Irving St., NW, Washington, DC 
Free Parking. 

 

This program is offered free of charge. 

 

Learn how you or your loved one can improve the physical and psychological experience of undergoing chemotherapy. This conference will help you prepare for chemotherapy, better manage its side effects and provide information about resources that can help. 

 

·        Ensuring an Effective and Manageable Chemotherapy Plan 

·        Preparing for Chemotherapy

·        Been There, Done That: A Cancer Survivor Talks about Coping with Chemo

·        Eat Well to Stay Well: Nutrition and Chemotherapy
·        Complementary Care to Cope with Chemo’s Side Effects

·        Feeling Good Before, During and after Chemo

       Turn the page for details about the day’s program.
 

Sponsors include: American Cancer Society; Amgen; Colorectal Cancer Network; Greater Washington Coalition for Cancer Survivors; The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Oncology Nursing Society; ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.; Washington Cancer Institute; Y-Me of the National Capital Area. 

 

To register, contact The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at (703) 960-1100, x231 or complete the form below. 

 

 



Name: 

 

Address:

 

Phone Number:                                                     E-mail address:

 

No. of people attending:                        Diagnosis: 

 

Special Needs (please describe): 

 
  
 



Send to: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 5845 Richmond Highway, #630, Alexandria, VA 22303 or fax at (703) 960-0920 or e-mail all information to 

singers@dc-cap.leukemia-lymphoma.org.  

 
Directions to the Washington Cancer Institute at the Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St., NW, Washington, DC,  (202) 877-3900 
Washington Cancer Institute is located on the grounds of Washington Hospital Center on a medical campus shared with National Rehabilitation Hospital, Children's National Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The campus is situated just off North Capitol Street, between Irving Street and Michigan Avenue. The Catholic University of America and Trinity College are neighbors on the east side of North Capitol Street.

 

Turn into the driveway for the Washington Cancer Institute. Proceed past the Pavilion II parking lot to the Pavilion I parking lot by the hospital’s main entrance. The Washington Cancer Institute is next door to the main hospital. Look for signs to the Seigel Auditorium, which is on the first floor. Turn left as you enter the Institute. 

 

From Montgomery County: Via Wisconsin or Connecticut Avenues
From Wisconsin Avenue heading south, turn left onto Western Avenue (at the District line) and take the first right onto Military Road. From Connecticut Avenue heading south, turn left onto Military Road. Follow Military Road to the intersection of Georgia Avenue where Military becomes Missouri Avenue. Continue on Missouri Avenue. Turn right onto North Capitol Street. Follow North Capitol Street south to the Washington Hospital Center exit (Irving Street, West). Turn left at the first light onto the Washington Hospital Center campus. Follow signs to parking. 

 

From Northern Virginia: Take I-395. Veer off towards the “D” St exit by the U.S. Capitol. Remain on I-395 to New York Avenue. (Look for a stop light.) Turn right onto New York Ave. At the third stop sign, turn left onto First St., N.W. Continue on First Street to the medical campus. (You’ll cross the intersection of First St. and Michigan). Turn left into the third driveway for the Washington Cancer Institute. 

 
Metro: Take the Red Line to the Brookland/Catholic University stop. Take the H2 or H4 bus to the hospital.