Cancer Prevention Works: Celebrating Survivors and Health Beyond Cancer

Life and Health Beyond Cancer: Voices of Survivors

Surviving cancer is more than just getting through treatment. It also includes the physical, mental, and social challenges that continue after cancer treatment. June is National Cancer Survivor Month, and this highlights nearly 17 million cancer survivors nationwide and the ongoing support to help people stay healthy after cancer. Stories of Life After Cancer features survivors discussing their approach to life after cancer and sharing heartfelt advice to other survivors. “Give yourself leniency. You have to give yourself that room to grow into the new you,” says Mark, who survived Hodgkin Lymphoma.

 

Staying healthy after cancer is important for each person's path beyond cancer. CDC’s Guides to Healthy Living provides tips and resources to help cancer survivors cope with common problems.

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Get the Facts About Cancer and Men

National Men’s Health Week is June 14-20. This week serves as a reminder for men to take steps for better health and brings attention to health concerns that affect men.  A healthy lifestyle with physical activity, no smoking, limits on alcohol, and sun protective behaviors can help lower the risk of many common cancers in men. Regular visits to the doctor and cancer screenings are important, even when there are no symptoms. Screening tests check for health problems before symptoms may start and can find disease early, when treatment works best.

 

Find more on men's health with these resources: Talk to Nathan answers questions about prostate cancer screening and treatment and is now available in Spanish. A new Screen for Life video features a father encouraging his son to get screened for colorectal cancer.

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CDC Teams Up with Mediaplanet’s Skin Health Campaign

CDC is proud to partner with Mediaplanet on their Skin Health campaign. Skin diseases affect as many as one in three Americans at any given time, and skin cancer is still the most common type of cancer worldwide. Influencers and celebrities — including tennis star Naomi Osaka — as well as medical experts and advocates, are helping the campaign eliminate harmful skincare myths and encourage better skin cancer prevention methods, particularly for people of color. Sun protection for darker skin tones is discussed in an article by Dr. Lisa Richardson, Director of CDC’s Cancer Division. Dr. Richardson also shares an article on tips to lower your risk of skin cancer.

 

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New Webinar: Supportive Cancer Care Models and Equity – Reaching the Underserved Through Telehealth

The world has changed significantly over the past year, but the needs of vulnerable and underserved patients remain as urgent as ever. Supportive care interventions aim to prevent and treat physical, psychological, social, and spiritual problems related to cancer. The Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care is hosting a webinar featuring supportive care practitioners from the University of Arizona Cancer Center and the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.

 

Practitioners will share actionable insights into reaching vulnerable and underserved patients through telehealth. Please contact cancercarealliance@umich.edu if you have any questions about the event.  When: Wednesday, June 30 | 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am MT Register by: Monday, June 28; The webinar is free for all attendees

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Top 5 Winners Announced for the Empowered Health Cancer-Free Challenge
	On April 13th, CDC and the CDC Foundation launched the Empowered Health Cancer-Free Challenge as a call for revolutionary ideas that centered around the question: How might we empower one another to prevent, treat, and beat cancer? Submissions were thoughtful, diverse, and bold.   Congratulations to the Top 5 Ideas and innovators behind them:

 

Let others who have dealt with cancer help those who have it now. Innovator: Carol Sorsoleil. Socius: Strong and connected mobile community for cancer patients, families, and alumni. Innovator: Alpin Ozmen. nav-I-GATE: Helping cancer patients and survivors nav-I-GATE through their journey. Innovator: Poonam Sood, Karen Kwong, Nija Hope, KNP Global Leadership Training. Rosa Es Rojo™: An effective solution for wellness and cancer prevention for Latinas in America. Innovator: Laura Mendivil. Rabble Health: Addressing the information crisis within a cancer journey to empower cancer patients irrespective of race, gender, or socioeconomic status. Innovator: Aubrey Kelly. Top Ideas may go on to be further developed by CDC and the CDC Foundation for public features on  Empowered Health. Learn more about the Top Ideas and Honorable Mentions.

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Introducing the New "Conversations about Cancer" Website

The new ConversationsaboutCancer.org website is coming soon! Announcing CDC's new human simulations, CMEs, partner resources, "How-To" guides, and a new site design. The site includes targeted information for public health professionals, any community group/coalition addressing cancer prevention and control, medical providers, universities, health systems, and health marketing professionals. This work is coordinated by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Kognito, and funded by CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Please share this announcement. Register today for the "ConversationsaboutCancer.org Web, CME, and New Simulation" webinar. Guest speaker: Dr. Lisa Richardson, Director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Date: Monday, June 28, 2021 Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern

 

Research Spotlight

Limited information exists on county-level prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing prevalence. Multilevel Small Area Estimation of Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing Among Men in the United States by Age Group: 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System looks at the increases in PSA screening among four age groups (under age 40, 40─54, 55─69, 70 years and older) and the geographic regions where these occur.

 

Did You Know? In the United States during 2017, men had higher rates of getting and dying from cancer than women. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults age 45 to 75 be screened for colorectal cancer.

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