A series of panel discussions on cancer and related issues will begin March 10 at the University of Indianapolis.
[1]“Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty” [2] is the first of three events in the Conversations About Cancer [1] series, sponsored by WFYI Public Media and the Sound Medicine Radio Hour [3]. Moderated by Sound Medicine host Barbara Lewis West, the conversation will explore philosophical and psychological issues, life-extending therapies, caring for caregivers and the role of palliative care. The panelists will include:
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Karen Iseminger, Ph.D., a cancer survivor and professor in UIndy’s School of Nursing and Center for Aging & Community
- Dale Theobald, Ph.D., M.D., medical director for Community Home Health Hospice and Symptom Management Group
- Larry Cripe, M.D., associate professor of medicine at IU Simon Cancer Center.
Free and open to the public, the program will begin at 6:30 p.m. March 10 in UIndy’s Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. More information and registration details are available at www.wfyi.org/events [5].
The Conversations About Cancer series is presented in conjunction with the three-part, six-hour Ken Burns documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies [6], airing at 9 p.m. March 30 through April 1 on WFYI 1 (Channel 20). Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee, the documentary takes a sweeping historical look at the disease, interweaves stories about contemporary patients, and explores the scientific breakthroughs that may finally bring a cure.
Additional dates in the conversation series include:
- “New Directions in Treatment,” 6:30 p.m. March 18 at IUPUI Campus Center Theatre
- “Spirituality and Cancer,” 6:30 p.m. March 26 at Restoration Baptist Church, 1502 N. New Jersey St.
Each event will be videotaped and posted at www.wfyi.org [7]. The conversations also will continue online at www.soundmedicine.org [8], where central Indiana residents are sharing their stories about living with and surviving cancer.