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LIVESTRONG staff have made it to South Africa to attend the Cape Argus Cycling Tour, hosting a booth at the tour’s expo and meeting survivors all over Cape Town. Chris Brewer opens the week with a great video featuring the Cape Argus race director, Lance and patients at the Groote Shuur Hospital.

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At the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit in 2009 we initiated a global call for Commitments in the fight against cancer. Nearly 300 organizations, individuals, leaders and corporations made formal Commitments. As a way of highlighting their immense efforts in battling this disease, we will feature a different organization each week, sharing stories of progress and success from around the globe.

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PLWC Training Class

This week takes us to Cape Town, South Africa where the organization People Living With Cancer (PLWC) is…

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LIVESTRONG staffers Ruth Rechis-Oelker, Heidi Adams, Ron Kolenic, Helen Knost, Chris Brewer and volunteer Rob Sartin talk about their experiences gathering medical records and how electronic medical records would help them remain in control of their health. LIVESTRONG advocates for the rights of patients to have control of their records and keep them in a safe, convenient and electronic format. We ask you to leave your comments and stories about medical records below.

E-Records Round Table from LIVESTRONG on Vimeo.

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We need your help.

LIVESTRONG Action has entered Change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition, asking the Obama administration to send the Tobacco Treaty to the Senate for ratification. Ratifying this global treaty means that the U.S. joins 168 other countries that have committed to reducing tobacco use—a major driver of the deepening cancer crisis around the world.

In the last round of voting, the LIVESTRONG community pulled together to propel our idea to the top. But, as the final deadline approaches, we’re currently ranked 13 and need to get to number 10 so that our idea…

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Hey there, LIVESTRONG blog readers!

My name is Mackenzie Neel and I am so thrilled to be able to share something I have been involved in this year at my high school in New Braunfels, Texas. I’m in a class called Independent Study Mentorship that allows kids to design their own senior projects. My idea was to create a fundraising and service event focused on children with cancer.

This year cancer has risen to the number one cause of death, with over 100,000 deaths of children alone due to this global epidemic. I have been deeply affected…

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