Hospital Program  On Colon Cancer

DANBURY — Danbury Hospital will hold a medical town meeting on “The Cancer Nobody Needs to Have… A Discussion About Colon Cancer” on Tuesday, April 11, in the hospital’s John C. Creasy Center for Health Education Auditorium. The program will be held from 7 to 8:30 pm and is free to the public.

Featured speaker Scott G. Estabrook, MD, a Danbury Hospital gastroenterologist, will address prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of colon cancer and the importance of screenings for men and women age 50 and over (or 40 and over with family history). Patricia Scofield, LPN, Nursing Office manager, Danbury Office of Physician Services, PC, GI Section, will serve as program moderator.

People attending this program will receive an EZ Detect Home Test Kit, a test for early detection of colorectal cancer and other bowel abnormalities (quantities limited to 250). The EZ Detect Home Test Kit is simple to perform and comes with instructions that are designed to give you instant personal results.

Ample time will be provided for audience questions. A prize drawing, giveaways, educational materials, and light refreshments also will be made available. Medical Town Meetings are co-sponsored by the hospital and the Danbury Office of Physicians Services, PC.

No RSVP is required. Park free in the Blue visitors’ parking lot, Hospital Avenue entrance.

For more information about the April medical town meetings, call the Danbury Hospital Marketing and Community Relations Department at 797-7247.