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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Local enrollments set for cancer study
Texas Medical
Association and Renal Associates, PA, will host enrollments for the
American Cancer Society's Cancer
Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) in San Antonio on
May
17, 18 and 31. The goal is to enroll men and women
from various racial/ethnic backgrounds from across the United States in
an effort to help researchers better understand the lifestyle,
environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer, and to
save lives.
Since the 1950s,
studies like this have involved hundreds of thousands of volunteer
participants and led to discoveries such as the link between cigarette
smoking and lung cancer, and the role obesity plays in the risk of
several cancers.
Tell your
patients, office staff and family about the study, and encourage them
to schedule an appointment to enroll. Participants must be age 30
to 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer, not including
basal or squamous skin cancer, and are willing to make a long-term
commitment to the study. There is no charge for them to participate.
Appointments
may be made by visiting cancerstudyTX.org or by calling
888-604-5888.
For
posters or fliers for your office, contact Lisa Ayres at
210-595-0219
or
lisa.ayres@cancer.org
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