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Doctors: Don’t delay cancer screenings any longer Submitted story Electra Paskett, PhD, is a cancer researcher at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute who has spent her career advocating for cancer prevention and early detection. After her own breast cancer diagnosis, she says she is living proof of the importance of cancer screenings. Photo courtesy of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer C...

Your Healthy Family: If youre overdue on cancer screenings, its never too late to act If you missed your appointments during the pandemic, don’t worry about being late. The most important thing is that you go and get screened now. It can save your life. Posted at 9:51 AM, Apr 27, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-27 12:07:39-04 COLUMBUS, OHIO — As the world looks toward recovery, cancer experts are bracing for a consequence of the pandemic that could impact thousands of lives. The Nation...

Published April 7, 2021, 5:09 PM Health experts have urged the immediate formation of the cancer council to implement a law to protect cancer patients. “It is very critical that the National Integrated Cancer Control Act Council has to be organized and convened. Based on the law, the council will act as a policy-making, planning and coordinating body on cancer control attached with DOH (Department of Health). If they are not convened, what is there to fund?” Paul Perez, president of the Can...

Huntsman Cancer Institute receives $3 million CDC grant to improve colorectal cancer screening Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve Utahs colorectal cancer screening rates. The program will build on an ongoing partnership between HCIs Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE), the U of Us Department of Biomedical Informatics, and the Ass...

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve Utahs colorectal cancer screening rates. The program will build on an ongoing partnership between HCIs Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE), the U of Us Department of Biomedical Informatics, and the Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH) to...