Cancer and Environment
What to say to your patients about chemicals and cancer: Lessons from public health and environmental medicine.
Cancer and the Environment
Wednesday, June 21st , 2023 | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center Auditorium & via Zoom
Join the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine for a one-day CME event on the state of the science of environmental carcinogenesis and the role physicians, nurses, community leaders, and public health practitioners play in engaging on environmental chemicals and cancer risk reduction.
SESSION 1 | WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AND
CANCERS
A review of the state of the science on environmental carcinogens and cancer susceptibility across the lifecourse and the cancer burden in New York.
SESSION 2 | WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY?
Moving beyond individual behavior to recognize policy and systems-level influences and solutions.
SESSION 3 | Reducing Community-level Risks: How to Inform Policy Makers
and Contribute to Change
Exploring approaches for addressing exposure to common carcinogens like air pollution and metals and how physicians can play a role in reducing patient exposures.
