Monthly Cancer Prevention Update – August 2022
Cancer prevention at your fingertips In the U.S. each year, nearly two million Americans are diagnosed and more than 600,000 people die from cancer….
Congressional spouses highlight community work to break down screening barriers from coast to coast
Pictured from left to right: Mike Smith, President of Northern Light Health Foundation; Diane Dickerson, CEO of Bangor Region YMCA; Catherine Schureman, Director of Breast…
Congressional Families: Voices for Cancer Prevention – Senator Roy Blunt and Abigail Blunt
Hi, I’m Senator Roy Blunt from Missouri. And I’m Abby Blunt. I’m honored to serve on the Executive Council of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Congressional…
Monthly Cancer Prevention Update – July 2022
Celebrate UV Safety Month & Stay Skin Healthy July is UV Safety Month, but you can (and should!) protect your skin from the harmful…
Beneficiary event spotlight: Music with a mission
June 19 is my least favorite day of the year. This year, June 19, 2022, marks seven years since my mom passed. [In] previous years,…
A Black Family Cancer Awareness Week message from Dr. Janine Bera, spouse of Rep. Ami Bera
Hi, I’m Dr. Janine Bera, spouse of Congressman Ami Bera of California and Chief Medical Officer of Wellspace Health, a non-profit community health system dedicated…
How I used humor in my fight against colorectal cancer: Jenny’s story
In March 2013, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer at the age of 39.* I had no family history of cancer, no major risk factors…
A National Minority Health Month message
I’m Congresswoman Nikema Williams and I proudly represent Georgia’s 5th congressional district. Like too many of you, my family has been touched by cancer. I…
My fight for future generations: colorectal cancer screening access
In 2020, Rebecca Siegel, MPH estimated that nearly 18,000 people under the age of 50 will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year in the…
Paying it forward
I may have been in an anesthesia-induced fog from my hours-long double mastectomy surgery, but in that moment, there was one message I wanted to…
