April 2012: Inaugural Texas Minority Cancer Awareness Month

On March 28, at the Texas Capitol, legislative staff attended a briefing on the impact of cancer on minorities in Texas. The event was a kickoff for the inaugural Texas Minority Cancer Awareness Month in April, and high lighted the disparities in cancer survival for minorities and encouraged legislators and their staffs to reach out [...]

American Cancer Society Encourages Everyone 50 and Older To Get Tested for Colon Cancer

This March, the American Cancer Society is encouraging all men and women age 50 and older to make getting tested for colorectal cancer a priority. Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as colon cancer) is one of only two cancers that can actually be prevented through testing. Overall, colon cancer rates have declined rapidly in both [...]