April 3-6, 2008
Omni Shoreham Hotel,
Washington, DC
Join us at this unique forum bringing together cancer survivors, community-based organizations, medical researchers, students, federal regulators, and industry representatives.
Together, we will share ideas, resources and information to empower people to take local action in meeting the challenge faced by everyone, not just minorities and underserved.
COL (Ret.) James E. Williams, Jr., USA, MS, SPHR
11th Biennial Symposium Chair
Come For:
- CELEBRATION of triumphs and achievements
- INFORMATION that expands possibilities
- INSPIRATION that unleashes energy and hope
- COLLABORATION that facilitates action
Initiated in 1987, the Biennial Symposium series provides the stage
on which we shine a spotlight on the issue of disproportionate cancer
incidence, morbidity and mortality in minority and medically underserved
populations in the United States and its associated territories. The
Symposium brings together those who represent all aspects and perspectives
of the disease in collaboration with the leadership and front-line personnel
from the affected communities. Our purpose is to engage in a dialogue that
explores issues, finds solutions, and makes recommendations for the various
complex problems related to cancer.
At the Symposium, decision makers hear, first-hand, from those directly
affected by the problem and the policies that surround cancer. Participants
from the communities sit at the discussion table to share the most current
research, prevention, and treatment strategies. This unique opportunity
creates a dynamic synergy in a setting that respects and celebrates our
ethnic and cultural diversity, while recognizing our common humanity and the
goal of survivorship. That is what keeps us focused on our mutual enemy -
cancer.
Symposium Office
For more information about the 11th Biennial Symposium on
Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, contact:
11th Biennial Symposium
Baylor College of Medicine
1709 Dryden, Suite 1025
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: 713.798.5383 or toll-free 1.877.BIENNIAL (1.877.243.6642)
Fax: 713.798.6222
E-mail: icc-symposium@bcm.edu
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