Sorry this is so last minute. As you know, LUNA supports this fantastic non-profit, Breast Cancer Fund. I've been to their forums before, and they are fascinating. I would encourage anyone interested in this women's issue to go.
LaVonne
Breast Cancer Fund <newsletter@...> wrote:
To: "LaVonne Finnerud" <llfinnerud@...>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:35:46 -0800
Subject: Last Chance to Register for Breast Cancer Forum
From: "Breast Cancer Fund" <newsletter@...>
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February 21, 2006 Register Today:
Breast Cancer and the Environment
Seattle Community ForumEvent: A community forum focused on the environmental causes of breast cancer
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle
Cost: Free, register in advancePlease join us for appetizers, an informational fair and a panel presentation on the Breast Cancer Fund's new report, State of the Evidence, summarizing the research on links between breast cancer and the environment.
In the United States a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer has nearly tripled since the 1960s. Washington State has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the nation.
At least half the women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known risk factors. Increasingly, researchers are finding environmental factors contributing to the rising rates.Panelists at the forum will include:
• Maryann Donovan, M.P.H., Ph.D., Associate Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
• Nancy Evans, Health Science Consultant, Editor of State of the Evidence
• Jeanne Rizzo, R.N., Executive Director, Breast Cancer Fund
Register today »
For more information, click here or call (206) 524-4405.The forum will be held in the first floor conference room (M1-A303/305/307) of the Arnold Building (Public Health Sciences), Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, Washington. For driving and parking directions visit www.fhcrc.com/about/maps.
Our Mission: In response to the public health crisis of breast cancer, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies — and advocates for elimination of — the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease.© Breast Cancer Fund All Rights Reserved
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Please join us for appetizers, an informational fair and a panel presentation on the Breast Cancer Fund's new report, 