 |
News Release
July 3, 2007
Top Researchers Educate Health Professionals about Cancer Prevention and Survival at Second Annual Cancer and Nutrition Symposium:
Evidence Shows Healthy Food Choices Can Prevent Cancer and Improve Survival
BETHESDA, Md.—How can physicians and other health professionals help their patients protect themselves against cancer? As emerging evidence reinforces the role of healthy food choices in cancer prevention and survival, top researchers, including Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D., of Kaiser Permanente, will join Neal Barnard, M.D., of The Cancer Project for a symposium on nutrition and cancer.
The Cancer Project’s second annual Cancer and Nutrition Symposium for health professionals will be held on Saturday, July 28, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency, Haverford/Baccarat Ballroom, at One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.
A large body of scientific evidence shows a link between healthy diets and cancer prevention. Yet one in four Americans mistakenly believes he or she can do little to reduce the risk of the disease, according to a recent survey conducted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “We want to encourage health professionals to educate their patients about nutrition and the benefits of a diet rich in plant-based foods,” says Dr. Barnard. “Many Americans do not understand that healthy eating habits can help prevent cancer, so the health care community has an important obligation to help the public understand the power of wise food choices.”
The symposium will feature the following expert speakers:
- Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D., associate director for etiology and prevention research, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, will talk about the evolution of epidemiologic knowledge on food, nutrition, and cancer.
- June M. Chan, Sc.D., associate professor of epidemiology, biostatistics, and urology at the University of California, San Francisco, will discuss a study investigating dietary risk factors for pancreatic cancer.
- T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, will share his hypothesis on the relationship between dietary factors and breast cancer.
- John McDougall, M.D., medical director of The McDougall Program, will discuss how a low-fat vegetarian diet and exercise can slow or stop the progress of common cancers.
- Neal Barnard, M.D., president of The Cancer Project, will summarize its research and education initiatives.
The Cancer Project is a nonprofit collaborative effort of physicians, researchers, and nutritionists who have joined together to educate the public about the benefits of a healthy diet for cancer prevention and survival. Based in Washington, D.C., The Cancer Project is an independently incorporated affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
|
|
