New York Hospital Queens to Provide Free Skin Cancer Prevention Lecture

Friday, June 08, 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY/
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Cynthia Bacon
(718) 670-2515
crm9002@nyp.org

Allison Fleming
(718) 670-2374
alf9034@nyp.org

EVENT:
Did you know that skin cancer is the most common cancer and accounts for nearly half of all cancers in the U.S.? To help educate the community, New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ), in partnership with Queens Library HealthLink, will provide a free lecture on skin cancer risk factors and how to reduce the chance of getting the disease. 

Members of the press will have the opportunity to take photos and interview the presenter, Mitchell Chorost, M.D., director, Surgical Oncology-NYHQ, and associate director, NYHQ Cancer Center.

WHEN:
Monday, June 18, 2012
6:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, N.Y. 11355

FYI: The Cancer Center at NYHQ has been recognized with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. NYHQ is one of only three CoC-approved programs in Queens County.

New York Hospital Queens is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

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