Reduce your risk for cancer

Cancer is one of the most preventable life-threatening diseases facing Americans today. You can significantly reduce your risk for cancer by:

Early Detection of Cancer is Critical.

Cancer prevention is multifaceted. We should practice primary prevention by exercising, choosing healthful diets, consuming alcohol only in moderation, and quitting tobacco products. We should understand our family medical history. And, we should be screened for cancers in which technologies are available and in accordance with evidence-based medical screening guidelines. Federal and private funding must support research in prevention and early detection of cancers to enable us to find better markers for cancers, improve screening technologies, and chemopreventive agents. Full statement »

Bad Beat on Cancer
Dialogue for Action
Win a pink Vespa!
Confess!
Kaleidoscope

Take part in the Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge

The Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge event is an online charity tournament to be held in honor of Nicole Rowe at PokerStars.com on Nov. 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM (EST)/6:00 PM (PST). Rowe's story has inspired a number of professional poker players and companies in the poker industry to join together to help raise money to benefit breast cancer awareness programs at the Foundation. The buy-in will be $10 with $10 re-buys through the first two levels. Prize Pool Information »PDF »

2010 Dialogue for Action

Save the Date Dialogue for Action™ on Colorectal Cancer Screening: Prevention Hits the Headlines. The 12th annual conference will occur on March 24-26, 2010, in Maryland at the Baltimore Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Read more »

Pledge to Screen Your Boobs & Enter to Win a Pink Vespa™!

Enter to win a pink Vespa™! Our Screen Your Boobs Campaign aims to increase awareness that early detection and screening can help to stop breast cancer before it strikes. Your donations toward this campaign will help us spread the word to women everywhere that taking active control of your health can significantly reduce your risk for cancer. Enter here »

Pledge to Screen and Confess!

As part of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, receive free cervical cancer screening guidelines, pledge to get screened and confess some of your craziest moments. Share Confess! with your friends and become part of a community of 6,000 women who have pledged to get screened for cervical cancer. Read more »

Kaleidoscope Program Honors Women's Fortitude

The Prevent Cancer Foundation is partnering with Kaleidoscope, a program celebrating women and the roles they play in the battle against cancer as patients, caregivers, and advocates airs on FOX on Thanksgiving Day. Read more »