Purdue News

March 28, 1997

Purdue offers cancer prevention conference May 9

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue University Department of Foods and Nutrition will present a cancer prevention conference for health care professionals Friday, May 9, at Purdue.

The conference is called "Nutrition and Cancer: Medical Nutrition Therapy and Cancer Prevention." It is designed to provide dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, educators and others who work with oncology patients with results of current research in cancer prevention and treatment.

The faculty for the conference includes Abby Bloch, coordinator of clinical research in gastroenterology-nutrition service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

The registration fee for the conference is $75, $35 for students with ID. The cost includes lunch and all conference materials. In addition, the conference has been awarded six continuing education units by The American Dietetic Association.

For a brochure and registration information, contact John Wellman, conference coordinator, at (800) 359-2968 or (765) 494-0567.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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