Conferences & Events
Aggressive Breast Cancer, Poor Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Highlight Forum on Health Awareness in Minority Communities

The Witness Project® of Long Island, an outreach program of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center in collaboration with the Town of Babylon, is hosting a breakfast forum to raise awareness of breast and prostate cancer in minority communities on Long Island from 8:30 am to 12 noon on Saturday, October 21 at the Huntington Hilton in Melville. Specialists from Stony Brook University Cancer Center will discuss the incidence of these deadly cancers in African Americans and what communities can do to help prevent disease and improve early detection. Presentations are geared toward educating community leaders and local healthcare providers.

“Breast cancer can be very aggressive in African American women, and because of this we need to educate communities on how to improve early detection of the disease for women in their communities and how to get access to care,” says Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., M.D., Director, Stony Brook University Cancer Center, who will deliver the keynote address titled “Breast Cancer in African American Women: There is a Difference!”

Christopher S.D. Lee, M.D., Director of Urologic Oncology, Stony Brook University Cancer Center, will discuss the dismal statistics concerning prostate cancer in African American men. According to the American Cancer Society, African American men are more likely to have prostate cancer and have poorer survival rates than white American men. In his “We Need to Talk about Prostate Cancer….AGAIN” presentation, Dr. Lee details what communities can do to change these statistics.

The forum also includes a presentation on prevention as they key to health and fitness, along with displays about breast and prostate cancer. For more information, please call the Witness Project at (631) 444-7789, or the Town of Babylon at (631) 422-7642.

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