Thyroid Cancer Patient Education Day (San Diego, CA)

Hosted by the Endocrine Surgery Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation during its Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO℠

LOCATION:  San Diego Hilton

Fox Chase Cancer Center head and neck surgeon, Miriam N. Lango, MD, FACS, is organizing a Patient Education Day in conjunction with the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery in San Diego. This free program provides patients and caregivers with a unique opportunity to network with passionate advocates and leading national experts in thyroid cancer. They will answer important questions, such as:

• Is there an epidemic of thyroid cancer?
• I have thyroid cancer. Is my family at higher risk?
• Evaluation of thyroid nodules in the era of molecular biology - please help!
• What's the best way to manage the lymph nodes? Surgery?
• Ihave thyroid cancer. Who should I see, where should I get treatment and why?
• Can my thyroid cancer come back? What's my risk of recurrence?
• What does thyroglobulin blood test mean and how often do I need to get tested?
• Do I need radioodiodine treatment and why?
• My cancer has recurred. Now what?

MEET THE EXPERTS

	Kevin Brumund, MD, University of California, San Diego Health System
	Michael Yeh, MD, University of California, UCLA Health System
	Charles Choe, MD, University of California, San Diego Health System
	Chris Holsinger, MD, Stanford University, Stanford California
	David Goldenberg, MD, Penn State, Milton Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
	Joseph Scharpf, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
	Michael C. Singer, MD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
	Miriam N. Lango, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania