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Penn's Abramson Cancer Center and Free to Breathe Philadelphia are teaming up to provide a free day-long lung cancer education conference highlighting prevention, diagnosis, treatment, genetics and life after lung cancer treatment.

Attendees will receive up-to-date information on the latest laboratory research, treatment advances, clinical trials, and survivorship issues.

There are two different sessions for the day, including Focus On Lung Cancer Conference and CANPrevent Lung Cancer Conference. Each session can help those at risk, newly diagnosed or who have survived lung cancer for a long time, find support, answers and possible alternatives to current treatment.

7th Focus On Lung Cancer Conference

Date: Friday, October 17, 2014
Time:  7:30 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Hilton Hotel, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Looking for information from medical professionals? Learn from expert panels about lung cancer prevention, risk, and quitting smoking.

RSVP for the Focus on Lung Cancer Conference here.

3rd CANPrevent Lung Cancer Conference

Date: Friday, October 17, 2014
Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Hilton Hotel, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia PA
Are you or a loved one newly touched by lung cancer? Join us for risk assessment, new diagnostics and procedures, surgical advances, information on proton therapy and more.

RSVP the for CANPrevent Lung Cancer Conference here.

Can’t Make the Conference? 

If you can’t make this year’s conference, you can watch or follow the conference live:

• View the Focus On conference live stream online (not active until the day of the events)
• Join @PennCancer on Twitter with the hashtag #LungCancerACC to follow the day’s topics and discussions.
• Join the 9th Annual Free to Breath Run/Walk November 2, 2014