Published: November 05, 2009 10:42 pm      

Pancreatic cancer awareness walk planned

To increase awareness of pancreatic cancer in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Pancreatic Cancer Support Groups will sponsor the Fifth Annual Garden Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Hope and Awareness on Saturday Nov. 7.

The walk will take place through the gardens of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).

The featured speaker for this year’s event is Dr. Shubham Pant, OU Cancer Institute medical oncologist. Registration for the event begins at 8:30 a.m., at the Biomedical Research Center, 975 N.E. 10th St. The program will begin at 9 a.m.

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group meetings are held the last Thursday of each month in Oklahoma City.

For more information, call Dan Brackett at 271-2108 or visit w3.ouhsc.edu/surgery/pancan/index.htm.