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New World Cancer Report Released by IARC; U.S. Groups List Six Critical Steps the New U.S. Administration Can Take ATLANTA, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite the recent good news that cancer incidence and death rates for men and women in the United States continue to decline, cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide in the year 2010, and low- and middle-income countries will feel the impact of higher cancer incidence and death rates more sharply...
Oregon Health & Science University today announced that Philip H. and Penny Knight have pledged to give $100 million to the OHSU Cancer Institute. The Nike founder's gift - the largest in the history of OHSU - represents a critical step toward achieving the cancer institute's ambitious goal to make Oregon's cancer death rate the lowest in the nation. In recognition of the transformational impact the donors' generosity will have on the treatment of cancer, OHSU will rename its cancer...
By Christopher Mackie The grant is part of a GBP 50 million nationwide programme that will see funding given for imaging technology research undertaken in five UK universities. The money will be provided by Cancer Research UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), with research assistance coming from the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health. The investment will allow St Andrews researchers to carry out a five-year programme of...
LEWISTON - A new course, "Cancer and Society," will be offered during the fall semester at the University of Southern Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 2. The seminar course will examine what has been learned about the origin, treatment, survivorship and death from cancer. Beginning with President Nixon's declaration of "War on Cancer" in 1971, cancer has emerged from the shadows and become a focus of the American people. The instructors for the...
Today four former United States Surgeons General stood with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Canyon Ranch Institute, and numerous other collaborators to issue a National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship from the nation's capital. Cancer is a public health crisis that carries an unsustainable societal and economic burden, costing our economy over $400 billion a year. More than 1.4 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and at least half of those new cases...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jenn Lawson of the National Patient Advocate Foundation, +1-703-548-0019 Plan Unveiled Today by Four Former U.S. Surgeons General and Lance Armstrong Foundation Recommends New Strategies for All Americans to Make Cancer Prevention and Survivorship a Priority; Over 1.4 Million Americans Diagnosed with Cancer Yearly WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) expressed support today for the National Call to...
Today four former United States Surgeons General stood with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Canyon Ranch Institute, and numerous other collaborators to issue a National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship from the nation's capital. Cancer is a public health crisis that carries an unsustainable societal and economic burden, costing our economy over $400 billion a year. More than 1.4 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and at least half of those new cases...
National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship: Who: Lance Armstrong, Founder and Chairman, Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., 17th United States Surgeon General (2002-2006) David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., 16th United States Surgeon General (1998-2002) Joycelyn Elders, M.D., M.S., 15th United States Surgeon General (1993-1994) Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.Ph., 14th United States Surgeon General (1990-1993) What: At the request of LAF...
National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship: Who: Lance Armstrong, Founder and Chairman, Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., 17th United States Surgeon General (2002-2006) David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., 16th United States Surgeon General (1998-2002) Joycelyn Elders, M.D., M.S., 15th United States Surgeon General (1993-1994) Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.Ph., 14th United States Surgeon General (1990-1993) What: At the request of LAF...
To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Darren Spinck, +1-202-486-2008, darren@gscgrouppr.com, for the Movement Against Cancer MOSCOW, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Movement Against Cancer (MAC), cancer patient advocacy group in Russia, will conduct a public education campaign to urge people in Russia to undergo early screening tests and diagnostic procedures to detect breast cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer and cervical cancer -- the types of cancer that could be cured if...
