Prevention News

In The Press

Early Detection of Breast Cancer Dr. Connie Lehman, Director of Radiology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, was interviewed on NBC's Today Show in New York, speaking about mammography and MRI exams to detect breast cancer. To see the segment, click here and then click on the video segment box called "GE's Fight Against Breast Cancer."

25 Ways to Prevent Cancer
King-5 TV Cancer Free Washington offers the latest news on what you can do to help prevent cancer. These specials feature several SCCA physicians and researchers.

• Read this list of 25 Ways to Prevent Cancer.
• Watch these videos, including common myths about cancer and prevention.
• Learn what positive benefits chocolate may offer.
• Find out how reducing stress may help fight cancer.
• Learn what you can do to protect yourself from skin cancer.

Exercise reduces colon polyps in men
Moderate to vigorous exercise may be the easiest way to avoid colon cancer -- at least for men, according to a new study. Please click here to read more.

Reducing a weighty prognosis for prostate cancer
Dr. Alan Kristal (pictured right) and PHS colleagues find that obesity at the time of prostate-cancer diagnosis dramatically increases the risk of dying from the disease. "I think this study represents the first good piece of evidence that losing weight may in fact reduce the risk of dying of prostate cancer," Kristal said. Click here to read more.

Regular exercise can lower breast cancer risk
Postmenopausal women may decrease their breast-cancer risk by exercising regularly and keeping their weight within a normal range for their height. To read the article, click here.

Calendar of Events

To view the SCCA Calendar of Events, including events, lectures, and workshops focused on the prevention and early detection of cancer, click here.

Cancer Prevention Quarterly

Keeping you informed to actively improve your health and prevent cancer

In our effort to promote cancer prevention, the Cancer Prevention Clinic publishes a newsletter four times a year called the Cancer Prevention Quarterly.

Each quarter, this newsletter will provide easily-understood summaries of recent scientific studies about cancer prevention followed by expert commentary about what these studies mean to individual readers from Cancer Prevention Clinic professionals, along with practical information about what people can do to reduce their risk of cancer.

Cancer Prevention Quarterly

February 2008