I’ll be straight up: when I first heard about Movember, a grassroots fundraising effort started a few years ago by four Aussies sitting around drinking beer, my first thought was, “Hah! That’s how most bad Texas news stories begin, quickly followed by the phrase, “Betcha can’t do this…” I then learned how they had managed to coerce 34 friends down in Australia to Grow a Mo’ (Mo being slang for a ‘stache Down Under) and they raised around $50K for prostate cancer research. “Good on ya, mate,” as they would say.
Since then, they have essentially exploded, raising around $24 million…
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta interviews two of our LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit delegates about their efforts to make cancer a global priority.
North Carolinian, Rick Lyke, represents a group called Pints for Prostates and talks about his efforts to raise awareness about prostate cancer through beer.
Staring Down the Stigma: Molebatsi “Batsi” Pooe-Shongwe of South Africa talks about how she is addressing the stigma to ensure early detection.
Lance will be awarded the American Cancer Society’s Medal of Honor for Cancer Control at the organization’s annual conference in Los Angeles, CA today. Armstrong is among four Americans who are receiving the Society’s highest honor. The other Medal of Honor recipients include Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D. and Edward E. Harlow, Ph.D. for Basic Research; and Marvin Zelen, Ph.D. for Clinical Research.
“I am extremely humbled to receive the American Cancer Society’s Medal of Honor,” said Armstrong. “During my own battle with cancer, I established LIVESTRONG with a modest goal to help at least one person affected by this disease. While…
Today, LIVESTRONG President and CEO Doug Ulman issued the following statement in response to the new guidelines issued by a federal task force that contradict what women have been told in recent years about performing self-exams and getting annual mammograms beginning at age 40:
“We at LIVESTRONG fear that as a result of these new guidelines, more women will be lost to breast cancer.
Since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued these reversals, LIVESTRONG and our partners at the American Cancer Society have heard from legions of women under 50 who are breast cancer survivors and many more whose lives were saved as a…
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta addresses the newest recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about breast cancer screenings.
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Movember Update: Week Two
Dr. Andrew Solan talks about my last treatment
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