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    A free head and neck cancer screening will take place on April 22, 2010 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The screening will involve a 10-minute exam by doctors to check for signs of head and neck cancer, as well as counseling on quitting smoking and nutritional advice. The screening is recommended for adults who smoke, drink heavily, or spend lots of time in the sun, as well as those experiencing symptoms like nose bleeds or lumps in the neck. The goal is to find head and neck cancers early when they may be more easily cured.

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    A free head and neck cancer screening will take place on April 22, 2010 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The screening will involve a 10-minute exam by doctors to check for signs of head and neck cancer, as well as counseling on quitting smoking and nutritional advice. The screening is recommended for adults who smoke, drink heavily, or spend lots of time in the sun, as well as those experiencing symptoms like nose bleeds or lumps in the neck. The goal is to find head and neck cancers early when they may be more easily cured.

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    2010 Head and Neck 2010

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    A free head and neck cancer screening will take place on April 22, 2010 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The screening will involve a 10-minute exam by doctors to check for signs of head and neck cancer, as well as counseling on quitting smoking and nutritional advice. The screening is recommended for adults who smoke, drink heavily, or spend lots of time in the sun, as well as those experiencing symptoms like nose bleeds or lumps in the neck. The goal is to find head and neck cancers early when they may be more easily cured.

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    Head Neck

    C A N C E R
    Free
    and
    S C R E E N I N G
    at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    Thursday, April 22, 2010


    9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON • No appointment necessary
    Enid A. Haupt Pavilion • 425 East 67th Street, 4th Floor • Suite 5
    (between First and York Avenues)

    HEAD
    HEADAND
    ANDNECK
    NECKCANCER
    CANCER FREE
    FREESCREENING
    SCREENING

    This type of cancer can occur in the nasal • Ten-minute exam by doctors at Memorial
    passages, mouth, throat, voice box, or skin. Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, to look for
    There are thousands of new cases of head signs of head and neck cancer.
    and neck cancer each year, many of which • Counseling on quitting smoking.
    can be cured. The best chance for a cure is • Nutritional advice on cancer-preventive diets.
    when the cancer is found early.
    WHO
    WHOSHOULD
    SHOULDATTEND
    ATTEND
    THE
    THEWARNING
    WARNINGSIGNS
    SIGNS
    • Adults who smoke, drink, or spend a lot of
    Frequent nose bleeds; ongoing nasal conges- time in the sun.
    tion; persistent sore or growth in mouth or • Adults who notice any of the warning signs
    throat; constant earaches; lasting change in of head and neck cancer.
    voice; bloody phlegm lasting several days;
    For further information, call 646-497-9161.
    lump in neck lasting more than two weeks;
    changes in skin or mole; or problems SPONSORED
    SPONSOREDBY
    BY
    swallowing.
    Head and Neck Service
    Department of Surgery
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    in conjunction with the
    Yul Brynner Head and Neck
    Cancer Foundation Inc.

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