DMH Cancer Care Center, D&E Sponsor Free Cancer Prevention Seminar
Written by Joel Ramsbotham on August 19, 2010.
ELKINS—The Davis Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Center and Davis & Elkins College are sponsoring a free cancer prevention seminar “Reduce the Risk of Cancer” Friday, August 27 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Hermanson Center on the D&E campus. The event is free and open to the public.
This half-day seminar will focus on the linkages between poor eating habits, obesity and sedentary lifestyle, and the risk of certain kinds of cancer. Information provided at the seminar will educate participants on ways they can improve their diet, increase their activity levels and decrease their risk for breast, endometrial, colorectal, kidney, pancreatic and esophageal cancers. Also included will be discussions on the cancer patient and how fatigue can impact their life with possible solutions on management.
“West Virginia is eleventh in the nation for the numbers of cases of cancer each year, and fifth in the nation for cancer related deaths,” said Dr. Donald Fleming, project director and Cancer Care Center director. “Randolph Read more…