Public Lecture Offered on Complementary, Alternative Therapies
A lecture to help Nova Scotians understand the benefits and challenges of complementary and alternative therapies will be hosted by Cancer Care Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Halifax and by video conference at 20 sites across the province.
The lecture will be presented by Dr. Robert Rutledge, radiation oncologist at the Nova Scotia Cancer Centre. It is part of the Cancer Answers lecture series, designed to provide Nova Scotians with quality cancer information.
"Supportive and alternative therapies and their impact on clinical cancer treatment is a huge area of interest for patients and families," said Theresa Marie Underhill, chief operating officer at Cancer Care Nova Scotia. "Dr. Rutledge has a great deal of experience in this area and will provide valuable insight from a cancer specialist's perspective."
The lecture will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre of the Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St. Video conference sites are:
- Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth
- Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
- St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
- Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston
- St. Ann's Community and Nursing Care Centre, Arichat
- Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Guysborough
- Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville
- Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton
- Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
- Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche
- Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow
- Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst
- South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater
- Queens General Hospital, Liverpool
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
- Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck
- Buchanan Memorial Hospital, Neil's Harbour
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth
- Roseway Hospital, Shelburne
Cancer Care Nova Scotia is a program of the Department of Health, created to reduce the burden of cancer on individuals, families and the health care system through prevention, screening, education and research.