PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare hospital will host a free cancer symposium at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
Specialists will tell about the latest in cancer prevention and treatment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fort Worden Commons and No. 204 buildings.
Among the presenters will be Dr. John Choe, director of the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and Dr. Paul Stehr-Green.
Choe will present a keynote address at 9 a.m. on the latest information about cancer prevention, and Stehr-Green will present “Cancer Clusters: Is There More Cancer in Your Neighborhood? Exploring the Myths and Realities.”
Other presenters include a variety of oncologists and physicians who diagnose and treat cancer in all its forms and will present information on specific ones such as skin, prostate, lung and breast cancers.
The topics of the other seminars and workshops are “The Prostate Cancer Dilemma,” “Cancer Screening: What Works and What Doesn’t,” “Integrative Oncology,” “Saving Your Skin,” “Breast Cancer Update,” “Lung Cancer Update,” “Eating for Survival,” “Lymphedema, Prevention and Treatment,” “Coping with Cancer: Balancing Your Inner Life While Juggling Life With Cancer,” “Chemotherapy Basics” and “Cervical Cancer and HPV.”
Local resources will be shared for those who are facing cancer now.
Community education
Local Jefferson Healthcare physicians identified cancer as a focus for community education in 2011 because of its far-reaching effects and because many cancers can be prevented or detected early if people can identify their risk factors and modify certain behaviors and lifestyle practices.
The majority of the seminars and workshops will be presented twice — both in the morning and the afternoon — so that the maximum number of guests will be accommodated.
The keynote address, however, will be presented one time only.
Throughout the day, attendees will be encouraged to ask questions of the experts after each presentation.
Lunch will be available through the Bon Appetite Servery, in the Commons.
A limited number of lunch tickets will be available for purchase in the lobby of the Commons for $10 on a first-come, first-served basis
Prize drawings will take place throughout the day.
A detailed program for the symposium is at www.jeffersonhealthcare.org.
For more information, phone 360-385-0610.
