Meet the Dr. about CML, LLS- Rocky Mountain

[Guest guest]

My friend at the LLS asked me to post this for anyone in the Rocky

Mountain region who might be interested.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, University of Colorado Cancer

Center, Rocky Mountain Cancer Center present a free program for

patients, family, friends, and healthcare professionals:

Meet the Doctor About Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML):

Options and Optimism

Presented by Abbott, MD and Maris, MD

Tuesday, July 18

5:30 – 7:30 PM

(Check-in and refreshments: 5:30-6:00 PM. Program: 6:00-7:30 PM.)

At The University of Colorado Cancer Center at Fitzsimmons

Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion, 1635 N. Ursula St., Aurora CO 80045

(I-225, west on Colfax to Ursula)Rooms 2005-6 on 2nd Floor

Free Parking

Dr. Abbott and Dr. Maris will present the latest

information on CML including the development of treatments available

for CML, how targeted therapies work for patients, and the exciting

new drugs for persons who are Gleevec resistant. They will talk

about cancer clinical trials, the hope they provide for patients,

and the trials that are available in the Denver. They will discuss

how indications for transplant have changed. Participants will have

the opportunity to ask questions.

Registration is required. To register or for more information

call:

Lynn Callaway, Patient Services Manager

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

303.984.2110 or 800.286.8159