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Research progress report: Obesity and colorectal cancer risk

Joel Mason, M.D., at Tufts University was awarded the Marvin M. Davis Research Award in Colorectal Cancer by the Prevent Cancer Foundation last year for…

Researcher progress report: The impact of diet on breast and colorectal cancers

Susan Steck, Ph.D., M.P.H., at the University of South Carolina was awarded the Prevent Cancer Foundation – Living in Pink grant last year for her…

Q&A with newly funded researchers: Part 2

We introduced three of our seven new research awardees in an earlier post: Maarten Bosland, D.V.Sc., Ph.D., Awesome Games Done Quick Research Grant in Prostate…

Q&A with newly funded researchers: Part 1

Prevent Cancer is proud to announce our six newly funded researchers in cancer prevention and early detection! Maarten Bosland, D.V.Sc., Ph.D., Awesome Games Done Quick…

Research: An investment in the future

Funding research is an important step in understanding cancer and ways to prevent it. Without the financial support for researchers to develop and test innovative…

Researcher Q&A: Exploring a new imaging technique to detect breast cancer early

Ehsan Samei, PhD, is Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University Medical Center, where he also…

Research opens doors

The application cycle for Prevent Cancer Foundation’s 2013 Research Grant and Fellowship Program just closed, and, while we gear up to review these new applications,…

A daily dose of sunscreen may fight aging

It is well known that sunscreen helps protect our skin from sun damage and skin cancer, but now there’s another reason to slather on your…

U.S. smoking rate drops to 18 percent

The nation’s smoking rate for adults has dipped to 18 percent after a seven year stall, according to a report by the Center for Disease…

HPV vaccine proving effective

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has decreased the incidence of the cancer-causing virus among teenage girls by 56 percent since the vaccine was approved in…