Gilbert Daniels, M.D., To Speak April 19 at Boston Support Group Meeting

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, from 11 a.m. to noon, Gilbert H. Daniels,
M.D., Endocrinologist, will be the guest speaker at the ThyCa Boston Support Group for thyroid cancer survivors, families, and friends. Dr. Daniels is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of Thyroid Associates at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The Ask A Doctor program will take place in the Wallcott Rooms in the Wang Building of Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston. Dr. Daniels will discuss current research, management, and treatment of all types of thyroid cancer in an informal question and answer format.

The support group meeting and the presentation by Dr. Daniels are free and will begin at 10:30 a.m. The event is open to thyroid cancer survivors, their families, and their friends.

For more information about the program or for directions, call the support group facilitator Ric Blake at 603-434-4932, e-mail to Boston_MA@thyca.org, or visit the web site of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association at www.thyca.org.

Free services and resources for thyroid cancer survivors are organized by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. ThyCa is a nonprofit, volunteer organization providing person-to-person and e-mail support groups, a free low-iodine cookbook, a free newsletter, and other educational services and resources to thyroid cancer survivors and their families at no charge.

For more information about ThyCa’s free support services and annual conference, visit the web site atwww.thyca.org, call toll-free 1-877-588-7904, write PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545, or e-mail tothyca@thyca.org.