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October 12, 2004

Cancer Center Hosts Lance Armstrong, Tour Rally

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University co-sponsored a free outdoor health festival and rally to welcome cancer survivor and six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Team to Chicago Oct. 6 on State Street, across from Marshall Field’s.

Chicago White Sox left fielder Carlos Lee was on hand to represent the team and exchange jerseys with Armstrong.

Armstrong and the Tour of Hope Team of 20 cyclists, who were chosen from the cancer community, biked across the United States to raise public awareness about the importance of cancer research.

The Cancer Center and the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center co-hosted the event with the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.

Steven T. Rosen, M.D., Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and director of the Cancer Center, and Michelle Le Beau, director of the Cancer Research Center at the University of Chicago, also joined Armstrong and the Tour of Hope Team at a press conference before the rally.