LIVESTRONG Staffer Chris Brewer interviewed staff and volunteers from the Australian organization Cancer Council S.A. at the Tour Down Under. The group was handing out free sunscreen to fans and raising awareness of the importance of skin cancer prevention. Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world where two-thirds will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime. For more information about Cancer Council S.A. and the prevention of skin cancer, please visit www.cancersa.org.au.

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As you may know, LIVESTRONG has had a significant voice in the land of Twitter this past year. From Mashable’s Summer of Social Good to the Drew Carey Million Dollar Challenge to Lance returning to cycling and Doug tweeting from all over the world. We appreciate our online communities and hope that you have enjoyed this past year’s tweets. Now there’s a way to show us just how much.

The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter. These awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. Online voting is public and democratic, culminating in an…

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Today we had the pleasure of having Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin in the office. Brandon is an oncologist that focuses on young adults (ages 15-40). We asked the LIVESTRONG online community what questions they had for Brandon regarding young adult cancer and we received over 40 responses. Although we didn’t have time to answer them all, we did our best to hit on major themes. The five major themes were:

What are the genetic risks of cancer?
What kinds of cancer can be caught through screening?
How can I prevent cancer recurrence or prevent genetic cancers?
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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) took a giant step forward in the fight against cancer Wednesday, awarding its first round of cancer research grants to academic institutions and private companies throughout Texas. The CPRIT oversight committee approved more than $61 million in funding, including the award of 53 individual investigator grants and 13 high impact/ high risk research grants.

CPRIT was created through a constitutional amendment touted by a coalition of cancer organizations including LIVESTRONG and approved by more than 60 percent of Texas voters in 2007. The amendment authorizes $3 billion in bonds…

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Staffer Chris Brewer interviewed a LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit delegate Ashleigh Moore about his story and his organization Cancer Voices S.A.. Cancer Voices S.A. members talk about their cancer experiences and what LIVESTRONG means to them.

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