Prevent Cancer Foundation announces Jody Hoyos as president and chief operating officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org Alexandria, Va.— The Prevent Cancer Foundation®, the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection, announces the promotion of Jody Hoyos to president and chief operating officer (COO). As president and COO, Ms. Hoyos will lead the Foundation into a new and […]
Prevent Cancer Foundation applauds FDA proposal to eliminate menthol cigarettes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced plans to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars. The announcement is in response to a citizen petition and subsequent lawsuit filed by public health organizations calling on the FDA to prohibit menthol as a characterizing […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks out on colorectal cancer screening guidelines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org Alexandria, VA—Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), in partnership with the Prevent Cancer Foundation, is sharing his personal cancer story in support of new cancer screening guidelines. In a video released in March 2021 for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Raskin talks about how he was impacted by […]
Prevent Cancer Foundation leads more than 300 organizations in support of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2021
Media Contact Lisa Berry Edwards Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Prevent Cancer Foundation® and more than 300 organizations from all 50 states applaud Representative Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who are leading the effort to modernize Medicare and ensure seniors have access to breakthrough cancer screening technology. Today, […]
Lung cancer screening eligibility expanded by USPSTF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org Alexandria, VA—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today released new guidelines on lung cancer screening. The USPSTF gave a “B” grade for lung cancer screening for people ages 50-80 with a 20 pack-year history who currently smoke or have quit within the last 15 years. […]
Prevent Cancer Foundation® awards nine new research grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org Alexandria, VA—The Prevent Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce funding for nine scientists who are researching cancer prevention and early detection. Each scientist is being awarded $100,000 for two years. Areas of focus include the pancreas, esophagus, liver, lungs, skin, prostate, colon-rectum, and blood/bone marrow. Here […]
New survey shows minorities, children missing cancer screenings and vaccinations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org 703-519-2107 February is Cancer Prevention Month and vaccinations are making headlines every day across America—yet lifesaving cancer screenings and vaccinations to prevent cancer are being missed. The second benchmark survey conducted by the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the only nonprofit organization focused solely on cancer prevention and early […]
Congress on young-onset colorectal cancer
Twenty members of Congress joined with Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in support of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowering the recommended screening age for colorectal cancer to age 45. Reps. Raskin and Davis used the Foundation’s Gut Check […]
Prevent Cancer Foundation supports House and Senate bills on multi-cancer early detection
Screening for certain cancers (breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate) is essential to our efforts to reduce cancer deaths. At Prevent Cancer Foundation®, we’re focused on helping patients and their health care providers find cancer early, before it has spread to other parts of the body. This increases the likelihood treatment will be successful, lowers […]
Prevent Cancer Foundation applauds the introduction of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
For Immediate Release December 3, 2020 Media Contact Lisa Berry Edwards Lisa.Berry@preventcancer.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Prevent Cancer Foundation® applauds congressional leaders for the introduction of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021, which will usher in a new era in our pursuit to prevent cancer. H.R. 8845 sponsored by U.S. Reps. […]