From American Cancer Society (ACS)
http://m.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/rising-global-cancer-epidemic
Lift your Skirt for a Pap Smear
The Singapore Cancer Society raises awareness for cervical cancer and invites Singapore women to free pap smear screenings in May 2013. Each year, 200 women are newly diagnosed with the preventable disease and 70 die from it.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
For a new research study called the Cancer Prevention Study - 3 (CPS-3), the American Cancer Society’s Epidemiology Research Program is inviting men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 years who have no personal history of cancer to volunteer for this historic research study. The ultimate goal is to enroll at least 300,000 adults from various racial/ethnic backgrounds from across the U.S. This multi-ethnic cohort study will look at lifestyle, behavioral, environmental and genetic factors that may cause or prevent cancer with the ultimate goal of eliminating cancer as a major health problem for this and future generations.
Previous large cohort studies from the American Cancer Society:
The Cancer Prevention Study I (CPS-I) is a prospective mortality study of approximately 1 million adult men and women enrolled between October 1, 1959 and February 15, 1960, and followed up through September 1972. Participants were recruited into the study in 25 states by approximately 68,000 volunteers for the American Cancer Society. Enrollment was by families (households). All family members age 30 years and over were recruited if at least one participating household member was 45 years or older.
The Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II), which began in 1982, is a prospective mortality study of approximately 1.2 million American men and women. Approximately 77,000 volunteers for the American Cancer Society recruited participants into the study in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
(From American Cancer Society)
World Cancer Day 2013 (Today, Feb. 4) will focus on Target 5 of the World Cancer Declaration: Dispel damaging myths and misconceptions about cancer, under the tagline “Cancer - Did you know?”. World Cancer Day is a chance to raise our collective voices in the name of improving general knowledge around cancer and dismissing misconceptions about the disease. From a global level, we will be focusing our messaging on the four myths above. In addition to being in-line with our global advocacy goals, we believe these overarching myths leave a lot of flexibility for members, partners and supporters to adapt and expand on for their own needs.
(From http://www.worldcancerday.org/)
Trends in Death Rates Among Females for Selected Cancers, United States, 1930 to 2009.
*Uterus includes uterine cervix and uterine corpus.
Notice the beginning of declines in lung & bronchus rates, the long declines for colorectal, uterus, stomach, and the most recent continuing decline for breast.
(From CA, A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Source: American Cancer Society)
Trends in Death Rates Among Males for Selected Cancers, United States, 1930 to 2009.
Notice significant drops in mortality for lung & bronchus, prostate, colorectal and stomach cancers.
(From CA, A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Source: American Cancer Society)
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