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Markstein Cancer Education and Prevention Services offers several events each year and on an ongoing basis. Below is a brief list of some of those cancer-related programs.

Ongoing & Monthly Events

  • Ongoing: Cancer Support Groups
  • Monthly: "Transitions"
  • Monthly: "Cancer in Other Words" Writing Workshop
  • Monthly: "Diet & Prostate Cancer in African American Men" research program screenings
  • Monthly: "Nourishing the Mind-Body Connection for Better Health": A series of four workshops for cancer survivors and their caretakers to learn an array of mind-body practices to soothe the physical being and emotional soul.

    Spring Events
  • Bay Area Cancer Forums
  • Early spring - Prostate cancer screening
  • Late spring - Skin cancer screening
  • Singing on the Healing Journey with Vocalist Lauren Carley. Monday, May 19, 5:45-7:15 pm.
    Join Lauren Carley for another session of group singing exploring the power of community singing to create joyful music. It has been written that music is a way to tap into the innate knowledge that resides deep in our cells. Great music nourishes, inspires, relaxes and re-energizes us and can be a powerful healing tool.
    No charge but enrollment is limited. Open to all cancer survivors and their loved ones. Call 510-869-8833 option 2 to reserve your space.

    Summer Events
  • Skin cancer screenings

    Fall Events
  • September: Two-day free prostate cancer screening for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  • November: Free prostate cancer screening
  • Bay Area Cancer Forums
  • Educational Forum on Lung Cancer

    Winter Events
  • Bay Area Cancer Forums

    For more information about the locations, dates and times of these events, please contact Markstein Cancer Education & Prevention Services at (510) 869-8833.

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