REMINDER/Cancer Patients Learn About Latest Technologies and Techniques to Deal With Their Pain.News/Assignment Editors & Health/Medical Writers REMINDER... for Tuesday (Nov. 19)
WHAT: With spouses and/or other family members, cancer patients
will meet at the American Cancer Society to learn about
medications and new ways to deliver them. They'll also discuss
neurostimulation and alternative therapies to blunt their pain
and make their lives better.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 10 a.m - 1 p.m.
WHERE: American Cancer Society Eastern Division, Inc., 19 West
56th St. New York
SUMMARY This will be an opportunity for media representatives to interview cancer patients about their pain and the growing number of pain management therapies. Some patients will be doing well on traditional medications but some will also be "more-difficult" patients - those who've tried many treatments. Some of the latter now have drug infusion systems implanted in their bodies to deliver precisely controlled doses of pain medication directly to the tumor site or a spot where it can block the pain signals. Some have neurostimulators that interrupt pain impulses with electrical impulses. Others use alternative or holistic techniques. It will also be an opportunity to hear two speakers updating the patients on advanced pain management: Sudhir Diwan Noun 1. diwan - a Muslim council of state divan privy council - an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown) 2. diwan - a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) divan , M.D., Clinical Director, Pain Medicine and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology anesthesiology (ăn'ĭsthē'zēŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned primarily with procedures for rendering patients insensitive to pain, and for supporting life systems under the strains of anesthesia and surgery. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Presbyterian Hospital. He'll be telling about infusion systems and their role in this important field. Joan Runfola, ACSW ACSW Academy of Certified Social Workers ACSW Australasian Computer Science Week ACSW Advisory Council on the Status of Women ACSW Alberta College of Social Workers ACSW Advanced Crew-Served Weapon (US DoD) ACSW Actuaries’ Club of the Southwest , LCSW LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker , Cancer Care, Inc. She'll review complementary and alternative methods of pain management The meeting is sponsored by the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , Eastern Division, Inc., and the New York State Cancer and AIDS Pain Initiative. |
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