Dr. Weiss and friends of LBBC's will mark the organization's first decade with a lunchtime birthday celebration. The celebrations will give way to another set of workshops, bringing consumers in direct contact with the area's finest professionals to help women navigate living beyond breast cancer. Conference registration is requested. For more information, Click Here . Dr. Clifford A. Hudis joined LBBC to present important new strategies in the use of chemotherapy that have greater treatment efficacy with substantially fewer side effects.
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The event featured renowned medical oncologist Larry Norton, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Norton presented important advance in the prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer in young women. Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, the Education and Outreach Director at The Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Program then discussed sexuality and intimacy for young women affected by breast cancer. Dr. Larry Norton, a well-known leader in the development of drug treatments for breast cancer, is currently President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and Presidential appointee to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Lillie Shockney was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was in her thirties.