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Article: Actor Rob Lowe Launches First Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD)
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 9, 2004
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News Advisory:
What: The First Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day is September 15
Who: Movie and television star Rob Lowe - whose father was
diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1990 - is the spokesperson for
the campaign.
Why: With over 1 million people living with lymphoma around the
world, it is one of the fastest growing cancer types. Nearly 500,000
Americans are affected by the disease.
When: Kick-off Press Briefing Tuesday, Sept. 14
8 a.m. Breakfast Served
8:30-9:30 a.m. Media Briefing
Where: New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street (between
Madison and 5th Avenues)
Most people have never heard of lymphoma and don't recognize the
symptoms. The Lymphoma Coalition, a ...