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Our mission is to optimize
the quality of life of cancer survivors.

Cancer Survivor (n): "any individual that has been diagnosed with cancer, from the time of discovery and for the balance of life"-- National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.


Funding for this
newsletter generously
provided by the
Rotary Club of Aspen

Dear Friends,

We hope that you are out and about in the mountains as Spring slowly makes its way into the Valley. As always, if you need help with reaching a fitness goal this spring, please contact the staff at the Survivor Center. We can help you reach your health goals for 2007.

Save The Dates!

Cancer Survivor Symposium: August 17th, 2007 hosted by the Cancer Survivor Center for Health and Wellbeing and the University of Colorado School of Medicine Given Institute. Featured speakers include Dr.Tim Byer, Deputy Director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn from the Cleveland Clinic and one more speaker to be determined. Dr. Barry Mink of Aspen will serve as the moderator for the event.

Relay for Life: American Cancer Society (Roaring Fork Valley) will be held on August 10 and 11th, 2007 at the Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. For further information on the event, please see www.RoaringForkRelay.com

 

Resources
The Survivor Has Arrived Heal, CURE's sister publication, shares an excerpt of how a host of medical and cultural forces have made cancer survivors a force to be reckoned with, and why now, more than ever before, life after cancer is part of the public discourse.