Cancer

Know Your Breasts, Know Your Risks

Spectrum Health Hosts Breast Health and Cancer Awareness Seminar Series

What
Know Your Breasts, Know Your Risks is the first of four seminars Spectrum Health is hosting on breast health and cancer awareness. In this first session, learn more about your risk for breast cancer, as well as the role of lifestyle, nutrition and genetics. You will hear the latest information from a panel of experts from the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion, including Jane Pettinga, MD, clinical advisor for breast oncology for the Spectrum Health Cancer Program. There will also be discussion about imaging, such as mammograms, MRIs and emerging technologies to diagnose and treat breast disease.

When
October 27, 2009
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where
Country Inn and Suites, Aquinas Room (East Beltline at I-96)
3251 Deposit Drive
Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (free parking on-site)

Additional Information
The event is free to the public, but reservations are required. Those interested in attending should call (616) 267-2626 or (877) 495-2626, option 4, to reserve a spot.

This is the first of four sessions in the Breast Health and Cancer Series sponsored by Spectrum Health. Please join us for the other sessions:

  • January 2010 – Breast Cancer:’The Road to Diagnosis
  • March 2010 – Breast Cancer:’Treatment Options
  • May 2010 – Breast Cancer:’Surviving the Journey

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan that offers a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, a collection of seven hospitals and more than 140 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and’ mmpc, multispecialty physician groups with more than 400 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with nearly 500,000 members. Spectrum Health’s 16,000 employees, 1,500 medical staff members and 2,000 volunteers are committed to delivering the highest quality care. The organization provided $111.1 million in community benefit during its 2008 fiscal year. As a system, Spectrum Health has earned more than 100 awards during the past 10 years.