Breast Cancer Survival Center
P.O. Box 701
Fairfield, CT 06824
For Immediate Release
March 7, 2007
Contact: Susan Santangelo
Voice Mail: 203-857-7304
Home: 860-388-9604
Breast Cancer Survival Center Hosts Dinner Meeting
Women who have completed breast cancer treatment are invited to join the Breast Cancer Survival Center’s biweekly discussion group held at the Fairfield County Women’s Center, Room 116 on the West campus of Norwalk Community College, on Tuesday, March 13 at 6:00 p.m.
Registration for the dinner meetings, for which there is no charge, is required by calling the Breast Cancer Survival Center at 203-857-7304, or cancersurvival@aol.com. The sessions run the second and fourth Tuesday evenings until June.
“Once treatment for breast cancer is completed, enormous issues may just be beginning,” said Susan Santangelo, BCSC founder, and an eight-survivor herself. “Diet, exercise, family relations and general wellness are some of the concerns that survivors face.
The Breast Cancer Survival Center (BCSC) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1999, which provides post-treatment education and support for breast cancer survivors and their families. BCSC is the only program in the state of Connecticut devoted exclusively to post-treatment issues, and operates at facilities generously provided by Norwalk Community College and also at satellite locations. More information on the Center is available at www.breastcancersurvival.org.
Among the services BCSC provides are support and discussion groups, a buddy program for doctors’ appointments and mammograms, a quarterly newsletter, a special speakers series featuring experts in the field of cancer and related topics, awareness events, weekend and day retreats, and a resource library.
BCSC is open to any breast cancer survivor no matter where or how long ago treatment took place. Since the Breast Cancer Survival Center began offering services in September 1999, more than 2500 survivors and family members have participated in its programs.
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