Gilbert Daniels, M.D., To Speak November 20 at Boston Support Group Meeting

On Saturday, November 20, 2004, Gilbert H. Daniels, M.D., Endocrinologist, Co-Director of the Thyroid Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and a specialist in thyroid cancer, will be the guest speaker at the ThyCa Boston Support Group meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Daniels also was a speaker at ThyCa’s Second Annual Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Conference conference, held in 1999.

The free support group meeting takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Wellman Conference Room, Wellman Building, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Mass. The event is open to thyroid cancer survivors, their families, and their friends.

In this Ask A Doctor program, Dr. Daniels will discuss current research, management, and treatment of all types of thyroid cancer in an informal question and answer format.

For more information about the program or for directions, call Jessica Jones at 781-721-7799 or Judy Kaplan at 781-488-3135, 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 national 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, spring workshops, and annual conference, visit the web site at www.thyca.org, call toll-free 1-877-588-7904, write PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545, or e-mail to thyca@thyca.org.