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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release: August 17, 2001
Contact:
Media Relations (404) 639-3286
Racial/Ethnic Disparities, Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Cancer Risk, New Screening Technologies To Be Highlighted at CDC Cancer Conference
WHAT:
The national conference Using Science to Build Comprehensive Cancer Programs: A 2001 Odyssey will feature reports on evidence-based cancer prevention, managed care, cervical cancer screening intervals, and lifestyle strategies, including tobacco use, diet, and physical activity.
SPEAKERS:
Louis W. Sullivan, MD, president, the Morehouse School of Medicine
Bernard Levin, MD, chair of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable; Vice President
for Cancer Prevention, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Roy Barnes, Governor of Georgia
WHEN:
September 4-7, 2001
WHERE:
Marriott Marquis Hotel
265 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia
Conference agenda: www.cdc.gov/cancer/conference2001/index.htm.
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