Public Lecture Discusses Long-term Side Effects of Chemotherapy
NOTE: A list of sites where the lecture will available by video conference follows this release.
Long-term Side Effects of Chemotherapy – The Road Less Travelled, will be hosted by Cancer Care Nova Scotia on Tuesday, April 13, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre at the Halifax Infirmary. It will be available by video conference at 20 sites across the province.
It is part of the Cancer Answers lecture series, designed to provide Nova Scotians with quality cancer information. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Daniel Rayson, medical oncologist, Capital Health Cancer Care Program.
"Long-term side effects of chemotherapy are becoming less common, but remain troubling for some," said Dr. Rayson. "Major efforts are underway to study how these effects can be minimized and what patients can do to lessen the impact of side effects in the years following chemotherapy."
Dr. Rayson will discuss research and review strategies that some patients have found helpful.
Cancer Care Nova Scotia, a program of the Department of Health, was created in 1998 to facilitate quality cancer prevention and care for all Nova Scotians. Through Cancer Patient Navigation, health professional education, and standards and guideline development, Cancer Care Nova Scotia supports health professionals in providing patients with high quality care.
Its work with other organizations raises awareness about the importance of healthy lifestyles in reducing cancer risk, and its screening programs educate Nova Scotians about healthy lifestyles and available testing like Pap tests for cervical cancer and the FIT kit for colon cancer. The goal is to find cancer earlier and treat it better.
Following is a list of sites where the lecture will available by video conference:
- Hants Community Hospital, Windsor
- Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour
- Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney
- Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro
- Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst
- Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso
- Eskasoni Health Centre, Eskasoni
- Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche
- Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital, Middle Musquodoboit
- Roseway Hospital, Shelburne
- St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish
- St. Mary's Hospital, Sherbrooke
- Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston
- Shoreham Village, Chester
- Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton
- South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater
- Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth.