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Beaumont Hosts Southeast Asia Cancer Forum

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07/01/2009

 

The Beaumont Hospitals Cancer Institute, The Bharatiya Temple and the Michigan Association of Physicians from India are hosting the Annual Southeast Asia Cancer Prevention Forum" from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, at the Bharatiya Temple, 6850 N. Adams Rd. (at South Boulevard), Troy.

Beaumont cardiologist Dinesh Shah, M.D., will moderate. Lunch will be served.

Topics include cancer of the breast, prostate, colon, cervix and ovaries. There will be free clinical breast exams and free prostate cancer testing available, with registration for free mammograms for those who qualify. There will also be educational tables providing information on the unique services provided by Beaumont Hospitals for cancer patients and their families.

The forum will include discussions with Beaumont doctors Iqbal Boxwala, M.D., Prem Khilanani, M.D., Sugandah Shetty, M.D., Savitha Balaraman, M.D., Nafisa Kuwajerwala, M.D., Padmaja Venuturumilli, M.D., Nayana Dekhne, M.D. and Adil Akhtar, M.D. 

Call the Beaumont Cancer Institute at 248-551-0243, the temple office at 248- 879-2552 or the temple secretary, Minal Engineer, at 248-788-4886 to register.  There is no charge to attend, but early registration is encouraged.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to not only reach out to a specific community, but to offer preventative information that is relevant to that community," says radiation oncologist Frank Vicini, M.D., chief of Oncology Services and medical director of the Beaumont Cancer Institute.

Beaumont Hospitals is committed to strategies that prevent cancer or catch it early when it is most treatable. In addition to care in doctors' offices, Beaumont offers multidisciplinary clinics, cancer prevention counseling, diagnosis and care at its hospitals in Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak and Troy. Beaumont offers resource centers that are available to anyone in the community wanting to learn more about cancer, support groups, integrative medicine, minority outreach forums, and a cancer clinical trials office, where leading-edge therapies are offered as a part of medical research.

The National Cancer Institute has designated Beaumont Hospitals as a Community Clinical Oncology Program, one of about 50 in the country that connect academic centers with community physicians who enroll patients in medical research. The Michigan Cancer Consortium bestowed a Spirit of Collaboration Award on the Beaumont Cancer Institute's Minority Outreach Program in 2007.


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