Latest Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week Stories
Medical centers throughout U.S. will take part in 16th Annual OHANCAW®, April 14 - 20 NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) today urged Americans to get screened for cancer by unveiling the Grand Prize winner and Runners-Up in the Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® (OHANCAW®) national video contest. The OHANCAW Challenge was developed to engage young adults in educating the public about the signs, symptoms and risk factors of...
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA) announced today the launch of a national video contest as a prelude to Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week® (OHANCAW®), April 14 - 20, 2013, an annual initiative to increase public knowledge of the signs, symptoms and risk factors associated with oral, head and neck cancer and provide the public with access to free screenings. The video competition is designed to promote creativity and awareness...
NEW YORK, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Popular recording artist, actor and former member of The Monkees, Peter Tork, who is himself an oral cancer survivor, is urging Americans to get screened for cancer during the 15(th) annual Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week(®) (OHANCAW(®)), being held nationwide April 22-28. More than 200 sites throughout the country will offer free oral, head and neck cancer screenings during OHANCAW, which is sponsored by the Head and Neck...
NEW YORK, April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas, who is recovering from a battle with throat cancer, is urging Americans to get screened for cancer during the 14th annual Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW), being held nationwide May 8-14 . More than 200 medical centers across the country and the world will offer free oral, head and neck cancer screenings during OHANCAW, which is sponsored by the Head and Neck Cancer...
Free oral cancer screenings also being held at select NASCAR races this year CHARLESTON, S.C., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Lori Hamilton, wife of late NASCAR racing legend Bobby Hamilton, is urging Americans to get screened for cancer during the 2009 Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW), being held nationwide April 27 - May 3. In addition to the more than 150 sites nationwide that annually offer free oral, head and neck cancer screenings during...
