Long distance runner and professional triathlete, Desiree Ficker, enrolled in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) on March 5 in memory of her mother who died of colon cancer in 2009. Desiree has many athletic titles to her name including a second place win at the Ironman Kailua-Kona in Hawaii in 2006. Her [...]
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CPS-3 marks the third cancer prevention study for Dr. Margie Peschel, Tarrant county board member and American Cancer Society cheerleader. Dr. Peschel was an eager participant for CPS-I and CPS-II, and her memories of those studies were recounted recently in news reports and a Sunday morning public affairs program on WBAP. Now a retired pathologist, [...]
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The American Cancer Society’s CPS-3 study will help researchers better understand the genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that cause or prevent cancer. Enrollment will take place in Austin, Texas, at the Society offices at 2433 Ridgepoint Drive and NCIC at 11701 Stonehollow Drive from March 1 – 5. If you live in the Central Texas [...]
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