Breast Cancer Education in the Latina Community
The Prevent Cancer Foundation® funds a diverse group of community grants every year to provide cancer prevention education and screening to communities across the country….
A Quest to Find a Biomarker for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Early in her life, Dr. Dorray El-Ashry was hit hard by breast cancer, inspiring her to turn her interest in science and research into finding…
Reducing the Risk of Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Sun exposure and tanning beds might be the biggest risk factors for skin cancer, but they are not the only ones. Kidney transplant recipients have…
Promising Research to Find Colorectal Cancer Early
This year, 135,000 people will be told they have colorectal cancer, and 50,000 people will pass away from this disease. To reduce the number of…
Cervical Cancer Screening Technology comes to Rwanda
What do a cancer researcher from New York City and a CEO from a biotech firm in Israel have in common? They are both concerned…
Catching up with Dr. Bosland's Prostate Cancer Research
This year an estimated 220,800 men in the United States will be told they have prostate cancer. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the…
Research progress report: Frizzled 9 and lung cancer chemoprevention
Every year, lung cancer leads to more deaths than any other cancer. An estimated 159,2601 Americans were expected to die from lung cancer in 2014,…
Research progress report: A blood test for lung cancer
Dr. Sharon Pine shares her progress as she investigates biomarkers for lung cancer prevention and early detection. Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other…
Research progress report: Folic acid and breast cancer risk
We’re donning our brightest shades of pink this month to raise awareness of breast cancer. This year, an estimated 232,670 women and 2,360 men will…
Research progress report: Identifying a biomarker for ovarian cancer early detection
(photo: Dr. Kast and his team dramatize attacking a cancer cell) The Prevent Cancer Foundation supports research in cancer prevention and early detection and has…
