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Prevent Cancer Foundation® visits McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation, recipient of $25,000 grant for lung cancer prevention program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards Lisa.Edwards@preventcancer.org 703-519-2107 Alexandria, Va. – The Prevent Cancer Foundation® today is visiting McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation, recipient…

Department of Housing and Urban Development moves to protect residents from secondhand smoke

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Berry Edwards 703-519-2107 Lisa.Berry@preventcancer.org ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its final rule to protect…

Quantitative Imaging Workshop tackles questions resulting from new screening capabilities

Prevent Cancer Foundation® signature event takes on new issues as lung cancer imaging improves FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Hanna 703-837-3692 Lisa.Hanna@preventcancer.org ALEXANDRIA, Va.— When…

Are e-cigarettes safer than traditional cigarettes? New study aims to find out

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have been growing in popularity the past few years, especially among teenagers who have never smoked regular cigarettes. The fun and fruity…

ICYMI: May 5, 2017

Feature Story House Narrowly Passes GOP Health Care Bill By the slimmest of margins, the House of Representatives passed the Republican plan to replace Obamacare…

ICYMI: April 28, 2017

Feature Story When to Tell Daughters About a Genetic Breast Cancer Risk THURSDAY, April 20, 2017 (The New York Times) — When Angela Durden found…

ICYMI: March 10, 2017

Feature Story Gene activity in the nose may signal lung cancer WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2017 (Fox News) — Genetic changes in the cells lining the…

ICYMI: February 17, 2017

Feature Story With colon cancer, smokers may be less likely to survive WEDNESDAY, February 15, 2017 (Fox News) — Current smokers diagnosed with colorectal cancer are…

ICYMI: December 2, 2016

Feature Story NOTE FROM THE PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION®: The 21st Century Cures Act is meant to increase funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

Finally kick your smoking habit during Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Lung cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer for both men and women―it is responsible for about 30 percent of all cancer…