Cancer Prevention Study – Chattanooga Enrollment Locations

Do you remember the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study I mentioned a couple of months ago?  Well, they’ve announced eight Chattanooga locations for enrollment in the study!  Since I have so many Chattanooga readers (love you guys!), I thought it worth mentioning here.  Special thanks to Barb for alerting me to the Chattanooga enrollment options.  :)

The study is for men and women who have never been diagnosed with cancer and who are between the ages of 30 and 65.  The study will take place over 20 years, so you will be sent surveys periodically and asked to answer questions about your health and lifestyle.  This will help the researchers determine if there are patterns of behavior or environmental factors that seem to be influencing cancer occurrences or lack of cancer occurrences.  For more details and answers to questions you might have, please visit the FAQ page for the study by clicking here.

Enrollment will take about 20-30 minutes of your time and will require a simple blood test.  At that time, you will be asked to complete a brief survey.  Enrollment sessions will take place August 21-25 at the following locations:

• Parkridge Medical Center
• Parkridge East Hospital
• YMCA Hamilton Place
• Cleveland YMCA
• Memorial Ooltewah Imaging Center
• Memorial North Park Hospital
• Downtown YMCA
• Urban League of Chattanooga

If you are interested in participating, you can schedule your appointment online by clicking on the Schedule Appointment button at the bottom of this page.  If you’d like to learn more about the study, please visit the ACS CPS-3 Study page here.  For details, dates and times for the Chattanooga enrollment sessions, please click here.  For those outside of Chattanooga, please visit here to find the closest enrollment location to you.

I hope that you will seriously consider joining this study.  More and more people are being affected by cancer every day and we need to put a stop to it!  YOU can make a difference.  :)

♥ Rachel

You Can Change the Future

I am so excited about this!  The American Cancer Society is enrolling participants in a cancer prevention research study, the Cancer Prevention Study – 3 (CPS-3).

This is what the American Cancer Society has to say about the study:

By joining CPS-3, you can help us understand how to prevent cancer, which will save lives and give people more of their most precious resource: time.

The criteria to participate is fairly simple.  Participants must:

• be between 30 and 65 years old,
• have no personal history of cancer (this does not include basal or squamous cell skin cancer), and
• be willing to make a long-term commitment to the study which simply involves completing periodic follow-up questionnaires.

I can’t participate, but maybe you can.

CPS-3 enrollment opportunities will take place at selected venues and events and will take about 30 – 60 minutes. Study participation typically involves:

• reading and signing an informed consent form
• completing a survey every few years
• providing a waist circumference measurement
• providing a small blood sample (similar to a doctor’s visit)

At home you will receive periodic follow-up surveys, which will ask for information on lifestyle, behaviors, and other factors related to your health. Participants will also receive annual newsletters about ongoing research from Cancer Prevention Studies.

For a list of locations in your state where you can enroll visit the American Cancer Society’s website here.

Their goal is to enroll 300,000 people.  This number is completely reachable – with your participation.  :)  Please share this information with your family and friends.  It is important to spread the word and get as many people to participate as possible.

I’m hoping you will give serious consideration to signing up for the study.  Do it in honor, or memory, of someone you love.  Progress is being made every day in the area of cancer prevention and treatment.  Your participation in this study could help uncover insight that might prevent your children and grandchildren from ever getting cancer.  What a gift you would be giving to them!

• You can help save more lives from cancer.
• You can contribute to research whose purpose is to better understand the factors that cause or prevent cancer.
• You can personally participate in research that ultimately eliminates cancer as a major health problem for this and future generations.

YOU have the power to help prevent cancer!  Will you?

I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
- Helen Keller

Have a wonderful day!
♥ Rachel