PLWC: Live Chat on Coping with Cancer
Posted by Kate Murphy on November 21st, 2005
*People Living with Cancer* will sponsor a live online chat wtih Lidia Schapira, MD on December 8, 2005 from 2 - 3 pm (EST).
[Dr. Shapiro](http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/locator/search_clinician.asp?id=219) is a medical oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Topics to be covered during the chat include:
+ Seeking professional and community support
+ Coping with changes in relationships with family, friends, and co-workers
+ Coping with change: sexuality, body image, and self image
+ Coping with fear of recurrence
+ Coping differences among different ages and populations
To join the chat, go to People Living with Cancer 10 minutes before or anytime during the chat,
click the “JOIN NOW” link on the home page, and follow the instructions. PLWC
chats are free of charge, anonymous, and preregistration is not required.
*PLWC — People Living with Cancer* is the patient education website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
