A fellow cancer survivor has provided this to me! Thanks Belinda!!
Dear friend,
“You have cancer” are some of the most frightening words I have ever heard. Although I am winning my personal battle against cancer, I still need your help.
If I told you that there was a way you could personally do something to help prevent others from facing cancer, including our family and friends, would you do it? Would you do it if it meant that you would simply have to give a small blood sample, provide some physical measurements and fill out some surveys about your lifestyle and behaviors?
If your answer is yes, then please accept my invitation to participate in the American Cancer Society’s latest grassroots research initiative, Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). CPS-3 is a long-term research study to help better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer and to ultimately eliminate cancer as a major health problem.
Did you know that more than 66 percent of people who are diagnosed with cancer live at least five years after diagnosis? Just 30 years ago, only 50 percent of those diagnosed with cancer had that chance. Yet the increase in survival is not a coincidence; the American Cancer Society has invested billions of dollars in cancer research over the past 63 years. I believe that it is because of this lifesaving research that I am here today! You now have an opportunity to be a part of a new research study that will save lives.
Here is what you can do: men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer can enroll in CPS-3. At enrollment, you will simply fill out a comprehensive survey packet about your health history, provide a small blood sample (to be collected by trained phlebotomists) and provide waist, blood pressure, heart rate, height, and weight measurements. Your long-term commitment to the study means you are willing to complete periodic follow-up surveys sent to your home, for the next 20 to 30 years.
Enrollment will take place in mid-November at the American Cancer Society Central Indiana Area Service Center, located at 5635 W. 96th St., Suite 100 Indianapolis, IN 46278. To schedule an appointment, call 1-877-217-4138.
As a survivor, I cannot participate in this study – but you can. As someone who stood by me during one of the most difficult times of my life, I hope you will choose to enroll in this historic study and help to eliminate this threat for other loved ones.
If you have any questions regarding this study or your participation, please call 877-217-4138 or visit www.cancer.org/cps3. For people who cannot go to the Indianapolis location please refer to the website for other participating locations.
Dear friend,
“You have cancer” are some of the most frightening words I have ever heard. Although I am winning my personal battle against cancer, I still need your help.
If I told you that there was a way you could personally do something to help prevent others from facing cancer, including our family and friends, would you do it? Would you do it if it meant that you would simply have to give a small blood sample, provide some physical measurements and fill out some surveys about your lifestyle and behaviors?
If your answer is yes, then please accept my invitation to participate in the American Cancer Society’s latest grassroots research initiative, Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). CPS-3 is a long-term research study to help better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer and to ultimately eliminate cancer as a major health problem.
Did you know that more than 66 percent of people who are diagnosed with cancer live at least five years after diagnosis? Just 30 years ago, only 50 percent of those diagnosed with cancer had that chance. Yet the increase in survival is not a coincidence; the American Cancer Society has invested billions of dollars in cancer research over the past 63 years. I believe that it is because of this lifesaving research that I am here today! You now have an opportunity to be a part of a new research study that will save lives.
Here is what you can do: men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer can enroll in CPS-3. At enrollment, you will simply fill out a comprehensive survey packet about your health history, provide a small blood sample (to be collected by trained phlebotomists) and provide waist, blood pressure, heart rate, height, and weight measurements. Your long-term commitment to the study means you are willing to complete periodic follow-up surveys sent to your home, for the next 20 to 30 years.
Enrollment will take place in mid-November at the American Cancer Society Central Indiana Area Service Center, located at 5635 W. 96th St., Suite 100 Indianapolis, IN 46278. To schedule an appointment, call 1-877-217-4138.
As a survivor, I cannot participate in this study – but you can. As someone who stood by me during one of the most difficult times of my life, I hope you will choose to enroll in this historic study and help to eliminate this threat for other loved ones.
If you have any questions regarding this study or your participation, please call 877-217-4138 or visit www.cancer.org/cps3. For people who cannot go to the Indianapolis location please refer to the website for other participating locations.