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CN8'S Seeking Solutions With Suzanne Provides Vital Information On Prostate Cancer Discovery and Treatment; Programming Highlight - Sunday, September 8, 2002 At 6 PM EST.


Business Editors/Health & Entertainment Writers

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002

On the next half-hour edition of Seeking Solutions with Suzanne, airing on Sunday, September 8 at 6 p.m. on CN8, The Comcast Network The Comcast Network (also known as CN8) is a cable television station that is transmitted from Maine to Virginia on Comcast cable systems. Key markets include New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. , host Suzanne Roberts brings viewers crucial information about prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. , early detection of the disease, treatment options and survival stories.

Suzanne's first guest is Dr. Alan J. Wein, Professor and Chair of the Division of Urology urology

Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones.
 at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine The University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine, presently located in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the United States's first school of medicine, founded at the College of Philadelphia, as the University was then called.  and Chief of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli.

http://upenn.edu/.

Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
. Dr. Wein, from Philadelphia, discusses prostate cancer discovery, treatment options, and the impact of prostate cancer treatment.

Suzanne then talks with Bob Harris Bob Harris may refer to:
  • Bob Harris (radio) (born 1946), "Whispering" Bob Harris, BBC radio presenter
  • Bob Harris (writer) (born 1963), American political commentator, writer, stand-up comedian, and Jeopardy! contestant
, from Voorhees, N.J., and Walter MacIlvain, from Philadelphia, both prostate cancer survivors. Harris and MacIlvain share their personal stories, including some frank talk regarding the fear of possible aftereffects aftereffects after nplNachwirkungen pl  from prostate cancer, such as impotence and incontinence.

Finally, Suzanne discusses dietary tips that may aid in the prevention of prostate cancer.

"More than 198,000 men are affected by prostate cancer each year, and the expert insight and information offered in this episode of Seeking Solutions with Suzanne will be extremely useful to any man concerned with or affected by this terrible but beatable disease," said host Suzanne Roberts.

Nominated for four 2002 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, Seeking Solutions with Suzanne is hosted by actress, producer, author and lecturer Suzanne Roberts and can be seen at 6 p.m., Sundays, exclusively on CN8, The Comcast Network.

In addition, a five-minute version of the series can be seen daily on CNN CNN
 or Cable News Network

Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world.
 Headline News at 11:55 a.m., 4:55 p.m. and 9:55 p.m. in more than eight million homes in Comcast Cable systems nationwide. The show is a production and public service presentation of Philadelphia-based Comcast Original Programming. For more information, visit www.suzanne.tv.

About Comcast Cable

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com), a developer, manger, and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Comcast Cable is the third largest Cable company in the United States.

Providing basic cable, digital cable and high speed Internet services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's approximately 18,000 cable division employees serve more than 8.5 million customers in six geographic regions.
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