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Erin Ehrlich posted an announcement to the cause Colon Cancer Alliance.
----------------The Colon Cancer Alliance is excited to provide the Houston seminar online as a webcast! The Houston seminar was conducted in partnership with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer and moderated by noted journalist and best-selling author, Joan Lunden on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The webcast will provide you with the latest information on colorectal cancer treatment advances from leading healthcare professionals, as well as give you the opportunity to hear answers to questions from survivors and caregivers who were in attendance. For more information about this seminar or to view the webcast, please visit the Houston seminar webcast webpage at: http://www.ccalliance.org/seminars/houston_110808_webcast.html Tell us what you think, take our survey after you view the Houston Seminar Webcast. http://www.ccalliance.org/survey_data/houston08webcast.htm To learn about the 2009 Conversations about Colorectal Cancer seminar tour, please visit the Colon Cancer Alliance's Regional Seminar webpage at: http://www.ccalliance.org/news_events_seminars.html----------------
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ivy.razmus said…
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735522?src=ptalk

New recommendations for people known to carry the colon cancer gene aka Lynch syndrome.

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