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SUNDAY • MARCH 1ST
FITNESS & TENNIS CLUB
NORWALK • CT

BREAST CANCER INFORMATION

A SPECIAL HOLIDAY OFFERING

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FIGHTING CANCER
with Knowledge and Hope
A Guide for Patients,
Families, and Health Care Providers

Richard C. Frank, M.D.
Illustrations by Gail V. Parsons

Richard C. Frank, M.D., is director of cancer research, Whittingham Cancer Center, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT, and medical director, Mid-Fairfield Hospice, Wilton, CT. He lives in Fairfield, CT.

Dr. Frank has been a favorite Dr. of the SPINODYSSEY almost since our beginnings. He also plays the saxaphone in the band: DNR, a group of local musicians and doctors. DNR has played during the SPINODYSSEY for the past 2 years and will play for us again this coming event!

A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to CancerCare, which provides free counseling, education and financial assistance to cancer patients.

TO FIND OUT MORE . . .
...About the Amerian Cancer Society, visit www.cancer.org,
or if you're in the United States, you can call anytime at 1-800-ACS-2345.

. . . . About the grant recipient of SPINODYSSEY 2005 raffle tickets and extra money from registration fees visit The Whittingham Cancer Center (WCC) at Norwalk Hospital and read more about clinical trials and those specific to breast cancer.

The SPINODYSSEY Store, Raffle ticket proceeds and residual funds from registrations fees after paying event expenses will be donated to support breast cancer trials at WCC.

...About new treatments, clinical trials, options for women and families at high risk, and genetic testing for breast cancer, call or visit the National Cancer Institute at (800) 4-CANCER or www.cancer.gov.

...About financial, insurance, and practical concerns after a cancer diagnosis,
call or visit Cancer Care at (800) 813-HOPE or www.cancercare.org

...About emotional and family support and coping with breast cancer,
call or visit Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization at (800) 221-2141 or www.y-me.org

...About post-treatment education and support for breast cancer survivors and their families at
The Breast Cancer Survival Center.

Click here every day to donate a free mammogram to an underprivileged woman.