BWMC Offers Breast Cancer Support Group

GLEN BURNIE, MD - The Tate Cancer Center at Baltimore Washington Medical Center is offering a bi-monthly education and support program for breast cancer. Surviving Breast Cancer is offered from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month in the Tate Center Conference Room located on the first floor. Dates for 2009 include: October 20, November 3, November 17, December 1, December and December 15.

Facilitated by Debbie Russell, RN, nurse coordinator of the breast center at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, the program provides a comfortable and confidential setting to openly discuss and share common experiences and problems related to being a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient. The program is free and reservations are not requested. For more information, contact Courtnee Tate at 410-553-8103.

Baltimore Washington Medical Center is located at 301 Hospital Drive. For a free calendar of events or more information about free screenings and programs at Baltimore Washington Medical Center, call the medical center’s Marketing and Communications Department at 410-787-4367.