Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention After Treatment

Name: Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention After Treatment
Start: 2024-05-30T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-30T14:00:00-04:00

May 30, 2024

01:00PM - 02:00PM EDT

Online Event

Overview

Have you ever wondered what you should be eating after your cancer treatment to reduce the risk of the cancer returning? Or, what foods may help reduce the risk of secondary cancers? Registered Dietitian Joan Elizondo, who has a Board Certified Specialty in Oncology Nutrition, will share insight about this important topic with the blood cancer patient community this upcoming Thursday, May 30th, at 1:00 PM ET in a free virtual webinar. If you are a blood cancer patient (or their caregiver) with a form of leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), or multiple myeloma, you are invited to listen to Joan's presentation and bring any questions you may have for her to answer!

Agenda

1:00 PM

Introduction

Megan Heaps

Megan introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Joan Elizondo, Oncology Registered Dietitian.

1:05 PM

Presentation

Joan Elizondo, CD, CSO, CSOWM, RD

Joan shares her presentation about dietary guidelines for cancer prevention after treatment.

1:35 PM

Questions and Answers

Audience

Type your questions in the chat and Joan will answer them!

Speakers & Moderators

Joan Elizondo, CD, CSO, CSOWM, RD

Joan Elizondo, RD, CSO is a Registered Dietitian with a Board Certified Specialty in Oncology Nutrition. She completed her internship in dietetics at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. Joan is originally from Texas and has worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She has also had the privilege of living and working in Chicago, New Orleans and now Salt Lake City. Joan is passionate about helping her patients through their cancer journey with greater success and confidence. Nothing is more exciting to her than helping individuals obtain their nutrition goals. Joan’s other passions include dancing, being outdoors and playing with her young boys.

Megan Heaps

Megan joined HealthTree as the Program Manager for CLL in 2022. She is the daughter of a blood cancer patient and has found a passion for helping support patients and caregivers to advance research for their cure and improve their quality of life.