support to cancer patients
"Cancer Answers," a new show offering the latest information on care and treatment of those with the disease, was launched on June 3 by the Yale Cancer Center.
The show -- which held its first broadcast on National Cancer Survivors Day -- is aired 6-6:30 p.m. on Sundays on WNPR Connecticut Public Radio.
"Cancer Answers" is co-hosted by Dr. Edward Chu, deputy director and chief of medical oncology at Yale Cancer Center, and Dr. Ken Miller, director of the center's Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic. Each week they are joined by a different cancer specialist.
"'Cancer Answers' was created to provide patients and their families with help and hope to sustain them in their fight against cancer," Miller explains. "The help comes from experts at Yale Cancer Center who are working to develop new and better treatments. The hope comes from our doctors, nurses and staff whose knowledge and compassion are helping to win the battle against cancer, one patient at a time."
Myths, facts and advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment are discussed, with a different focus each week. Nationally acclaimed specialists in various types of cancer research, diagnosis and treatment discuss common misconceptions about the disease and respond to questions from the community.
Dr. Richard L. Edelson, director of the Yale Cancer Center, says: "The central component of Yale Cancer Center's mission is education and outreach to the residents in the state. The weekly radio broadcast of 'Cancer Answers' on WNPR provides a unique resource for cancer patients and their families to learn about the latest clinical advances available to them. We are extremely pleased to be able to offer this new program and bring hope to so many of our neighbors."
Listeners may submit questions to be answered on the program at canceranswers@yale.edu, or by leaving a message at (888) 234-4YCC. This is the second year of radio programs produced by Yale Cancer Center. As a resource, archived programs are available in both audio and written versions on the Yale Cancer Center website at www.yalecancercenter.org.
Yale Cancer Center Answers airs on the five WNPR affiliate radio stations: 90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven, 89.1 FM Norwich/New London, 88.5 FM Stamford/Greenwich, 91.3 FM Southampton, NY, and 99.5 FM Storrs.
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