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There's Still Time to Make Cancer Research History

You still have a chance to enroll in the American Cancer Society’s latest groundbreaking cancer research study, Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3). CPS-3 is a grassroots effort where people across the country can support cancer research by actively taking part in this once-in-a-generation cancer research study.

We are taking walk-in appointments this Saturday at the Peninsula Chinese Alliance Church at 256 North El Camino Real in San Mateo from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

CPS-3 is the latest addition to the Society’s groundbreaking cancer prevention studies, which have been instrumental in helping identify major factors that can affect cancer risk. Researchers say CPS-3 holds the best hope of identifying new and emerging cancer risks. But its success depends on members of the community becoming involved. Researchers will use data from CPS-3 to build on evidence from those earlier cancer prevention studies, which began in the 1950s and involved hundreds of thousands of volunteer participants.

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By joining CPS-3, people can literally help save lives, giving future generations more time with families and friends, more memories, more celebrations, and more birthdays. Signing up requires a one-time in-person visit to read and sign a consent form, complete a survey, have your waist measured, and give a small non-fasting blood sample like what you’d do during a routine doctor visit. Participants will also complete a more detailed survey at home and will continue to receive periodic follow-up surveys in the future that researchers will use to look for more clues to cancer’s causes.

If you’re between the ages of 30 and 65, have never been diagnosed with cancer, and are willing to complete follow-up surveys periodically for the next 20-30 years, sign up today! Your simple action will give us clues into how to eliminate cancer as a major health concern for future generations.

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For more information or to enroll in CPS-3, visit cps3bayarea.org, email cps3@cancer org, or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888.  

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