TOPSHAM – The American Cancer Society’s 27th annual Living With Cancer Conference will be held 7:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. May 4 at the Augusta Civic Center.

The theme of this year’s conference, which brings together people with cancer, their families, friends and medical professionals, is “Healing From Within.”

Tom Monte, a noted author and natural healing teacher, will be the featured speaker in the morning. In the afternoon, Margery Eliscu, an award-winning columnist and writer for the Maine Sunday Telegram, will discuss the importance of humor in dealing with cancer, drawing on her own experience as a two-time cancer survivor.

Cancer survivors and their family members pay no conference fee, but may order lunch for $10. For other attendees the conference fee is $30, including lunch.

For information, call the American Cancer Society at (800) 464-3102 and press 3, or call (207) 373-3708.