CANCER SURVIVORS CELEBRATE LIFE AS MODELS IN FALL FASHION SHOW

(PLANO, TEXAS – Sep. 23) – You’re invited to preview trends in fall fashion modeled by cancer survivors from throughout North Texas and learn about breast cancer genetic testing, screening guidelines and technology updates at the Celebrate Women and Fall Fashion Show and Physician Panel.  Linda Armstrong Kelly, author, speaker and mother to Lance Armstrong will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the fashion show. The event will take place on Thursday, October 15 at Saks Fifth Avenue at The Shops at Willow Bend, First Floor, 2401 Dallas Parkway, Plano.

Breast Cancer Education Physician Panel - second floor
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Physicians on the Baylor Plano medical staff, including Alicia Starr, M.D., breast radiologist, Lynn Canavan, M.D., breast surgeon and Joshua Lemmon, M.D., plastic surgeon, will present and answer questions.

Reception  – first floor
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Fashion Show – first floor
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The Fall Fashion Show will highlight this fall’s hottest trends, modeled by more than 35 cancer survivors from Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.

Please RSVP to www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoEvents or 1.800.4BAYLOR.

“I am excited to take part in the Celebrating Women and Fall Fashion Show again this year as a model,” says Debbie Stallings, breast cancer survivor and fashion show model. “As a participant in the fashion show last year I met over 30 other survivors, and we have all become close friends, sharing emails with prayers and support while one of our survivor sisters goes in for additional tests, treatments or surgery. We have also started meeting once a month for dinner on what we call “Survivors Night Out," which is our special time to laugh and give hugs. I am looking forward to this year’s fashion show so I can meet even more survivor sisters and share with others that there is life after cancer.”

Breast Cancer Facts

According to the National Cancer Institute:

• An estimated 192,370 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in females in 2009.
• An estimated 1,910 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in males in 2009.
• Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women in the United States.
• Because of advances in technology and treatment for breast cancer, nearly 90% of women diagnosed with the disease will survive at least 5 years.
• Several clinical trials have shown that screening mammograms can reduce mortality from breast cancer. 

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano.

The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for gynecology and prostate procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System.  The hospital has won several quality awards including the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence and has received a Pathway to Excellence™ designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For fiscal year 2008, Baylor Health Care System reported $446 million in community benefit, which includes providing care for charity patients and patients enrolled in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the unreimbursed costs of medical education, research and community programs. For more information, visit www.baylorhealth.com.