President’s Cancer Panel
As many of you know I sit on the President’s Cancer Panel along with Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. and Dr. Margaret L. Kripke. Today, there are several stories on our yearly report to the President. This year our focus was on lifestyle changes and how leading a healthier life could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
As quoted by Dr. Kripke in this article approximately 50% of cancer deaths are related to obesity and tobacco use and those are things that we have direct control over in our daily lives.
You hear me say it over and over – the dream is…
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Hey everyone -
Spent the last week resting after a crazy trip to Iowa and an amazing experience at the Tour. We are starting to get geared up for the LIVESTRONG Presidential Cancer Forum and I’m excited to get some answers from the hopefuls. I say it all the time, we have to talk about cancer in the same way that we discuss the war, taxes and immigration.
I also waned to share with you a great interview from NBC news last night. David Gregory interviewed Tony Snow about his experience with cancer.
I also got an ESPN story sent to me a few weeks back…
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