Prevent Cancer Foundation awards $250,000 to community programs throughout the U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org ALEXANDRIA, Va. – To advance the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s bold goal to reduce cancer deaths…
“Using all the tools in our toolbox will help us get out of the screening backlog.”
Prevent Cancer Foundation invited Exact Sciences to share this piece as part of their sponsorship of the 2021 Prevent Cancer Dialogue, where they presented on…
More people under age 50 now have access to colorectal cancer screening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today finalized their new recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, giving…
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…
President Biden designates March 2021 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and urges all Americans to get appointments Back on the Books
In 2000, the Prevent Cancer Foundation led the charge for the very first designation of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month by the White House…
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…
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…
USPSTF changes recommended age for colorectal cancer screening to 45
UPDATE: May 18, 2021 | These draft guidelines were finalized by the USPSTF in May 2021. The U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) released a new…
The Weekly: Black Americans and cancer, hospital charges and more
Feature story Black Americans are still dying of cancer at the highest rates WEDNESDAY, September 16 (NBC News)—The U.S. has made significant strides against cancer in the past…
In memory of Patrick Beauregard
The Prevent Cancer Foundation® mourns the death of Patrick Beauregard, who died from colorectal cancer on September 6, 2020. He was 32. In September 2017,…
