This Sunday on The Group Room

Sunday, Aug 16ˇ 1-3pm PT ˇ 4-6pm ET

When Your Pet Has Cancer

Cancer is common in pet animals and the incidence increases with age. Cancer accounts for almost half of the deaths of pets over 10 years of age. Dogs are diagnosed with cancer at roughly the same frequency as humans, while cats get fewer cancers. Just as in human cancer, early detection is essential, so knowing the signs and what to look for could save your pet's life. Animals with cancer receive many of the same treatments that humans do. In fact, certain sarcomas in dogs have influenced cancer treatment in humans. We're also discovering research about canine scent detection of human cancers. Whether you have a pet with cancer or not, tune in for this fascinating discussion coming up in The Group Room and call us at 1-800-GRP-ROOM or e-mail info@vitaloptions.org.

Join host Selma R. Schimmel, CEO & Founder of Vital Options International, and special guests:

Sue Downing, DVM, DACVIM, Oncology
Medical Director of Veterinary Cancer Group, City of Angels Veterinary Specialty Center of LA

Peter Erling, DVM
Board eligible, Emergency and Critical Care, Advanced Critical Care, City of Angels Veterinary Specialty Center of LA

Carolyn J. Henry, DVM, DACVIM, Oncology
Professor of Oncology, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and Division of Hematology/Oncology, School of Medicine, Director, Tom and Betty Scott Endowed Program in Veterinary Oncology, University of Missouri; President of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM), Specialty of Oncology; and past president of the Veterinary Cancer Society

Check out this week's Advocacy in ActionŽ organizations:

Veterinary Cancer Society
The Veterinary Cancer Society was formed in 1977 by an interested group of veterinary oncologists. It is a non-profit educational organization that is incorporated in the State of Illinois. Our current membership numbers over 1,000 and includes specialists in medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, internists, pathologists, pharmacologists, and general practitioners from all over the United States and the world.

Tails of Hope Foundation
Tails of Hope Foundation, Inc. ("Tails of Hope") is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of veterinary medicine and helping to eradicate cancer and other life-threatening diseases affecting companion animals.

Pet Cancer Awareness
The Blue Buffalo Foundation for Pet Cancer Research, through the Pet Cancer Awareness (PCA) program, is devoted to raising awareness about the warning signs of cancer, as well as educating pet parents about ways to minimize the risk and o help find a cure for the #1 disease-related killer of our dogs and cats.

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Recommended Reading

Everything Changes
The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20s and 30s
by Kairol Rosenthal

On a shoe-string budget and with tape recorder in hand, Kairol Rosenthal emerged from treatment and hit the road in search of other twenty- and thirty-something cancer survivors. From the Big Apple to the Bible Belt, she dusts the sugar coating off of the young adult cancer experience, exposing the gritty and compelling stories of twenty-five complete strangers.

The men and women in Everything Changes confess their most vulnerable moments, revealing cancer experiences they never told anyone else - what they thought about at night before going to bed, what they wish they could tell their lovers but were too afraid to. With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, Everything Changes includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on must-know issues.

Everything Changes is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and wherever books are sold.

Check out Kairol's blog!

Keep The Group Room on your bookshelf

Cancer Talk: Voices of Hope and Endurance from The Group Room, the World's Largest Cancer Support Group
by Selma R. Schimmel
with Barry Fox, Ph.D.
Published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House

Cancer Talk, based on The Group Room - the nation's only talk-radio cancer support show - brings hope, information and inspiration to everyone affected by cancer. Show host Selma Schimmel, a cancer advocate and longtime survivor, has gathered the voices of cancer patients and survivors, family and friends, physicians, therapists and other healthcare professionals to create an invaluable guide to help you:

Deal with the wide range of emotions a cancer diagnosis provokes
Cope with relationships, intimacy and physical changes
Optimize the doctor-patient relationship and navigate treatment options
Handle the side effects of treatment
Understand legal, workplace and insurance issues
Live with and beyond cancer

Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer will find new support from the intimate and empowering voices of the only real experts out there--the people who live with cancer.

Cancer Talk is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Random House. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Vital Options International programs.

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Hope Begins in the Dark by Jamie Reno

Jamie Reno, Award-winning Newsweek journalist and lymphoma survivor, has written Hope Begins in the Dark, a collection of 50 compelling lymphoma survivors' stories. Featuring inspiring personal accounts from a wide range of lymphoma patients including former professional baseball player Andres Galarraga, comedian Robert Schimmel, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Hope Begins in the Dark stresses the importance of self advocacy during treatment.

The publication of this book was made possible through the partnership with Vital Options International, and an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

If you would like a complimentary copy of this book courtesy of Vital Options International and GlaxoSmithKline, please click here or visit www.vitaloptions.org.

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