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CT Scans Significantly Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths

This morning the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released the initial results of the National Lung Screening Trial, a large-scale, NCI-sponsored test of screening methods to…

Is There a Magic Bullet to Prevent Cancer?

If you see, read or hear medical news on television, magazines or the Web, you will find, almost daily, some cancer research study being published, or referred to,…

Clearing the Air on Lung Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention

Did you know lung cancer kills more people per year than breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers combined? While it is true that not smoking…

Claim That Cancer Is Purely Man-Made Disease Tells Only Half the Story

A friend sent me a recent controversial study by the University of Manchester in Britain that stated: “Cancer is a man-made disease.”  This assertion was based…

Congressman and Wife Probed

It’s election season. Candidates across the country have been under a microscope, having every detail of their lives examined. Just a few short months ago, my husband…

Cancer Prevention Laurels: Celebrating 8 Years of Award Winners!

Each year for the past 8 years, the Prevent Cancer Foundation has presented Laurels awards to innovators and leaders in the fight against cancer. This…

5K: A Hit with Runners & A Success for Cancer Prevention

The 2nd Annual Prevent Cancer Foundation 5K held last Saturday, September 25, had lots of high points and some very poignant moments as well. Raising…

A Dialogue Can Change Survivorship

Jasmine Greenamyer, MPH Vice President, Colon Cancer Alliance “I know I speak for many different stakeholders when I say that the state and American Indian/Alaska…

David Tutera Stands Up to Prevent Cancer

WE tv star and Prevent Cancer Foundation board member David Tutera is being featured in the upcoming Life & Style section of USA Today Weekend discussing…

Jan's 5K Challenge: Why I Am Walking

Working in the cancer field I know the stats on how many people are affected by cancer each year. How many will be diagnosed. How many…