American Cancer Society Celebrates 100th Birthday, Hosts Enrollment for Cancer Study at Sewickley YMCA

On Wednesday, May 22, the American Cancer Society held a ceremony at the Sewickley Valley YMCA to celebrate 100 years of saving lives and creating more birthdays.

Wednesday also began the enrollment period at the YMCA for the American Cancer Society's new, long-term cancer research study called the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3).

On behalf of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, CEO Trish Hooper accepted an award from the Epidemiology Research Program for their support of the Cancer Prevention Study-3. 

The American Cancer Society has contributed to a 20 percent decline in cancer death rates in the United States since the early 1990s.

Today, 2 out of 3 people diagnosed with cancer are surviving for at least five years. As a result, more than 400 people a day are celebrating birthdays that would have otherwise been lost to the disease. 

As the organization marks its momentous milestone, the focus remains on the ambitious undertaking of changing the statistics from 2 out of 3 people surviving cancer today in the United States, to 3 out of 3 surviving.

It's not too late to join the cancer prevention study. Click here to learn more. 

You can also join the movement for more birthdays and fight back against cancer by participating in the Quaker Valley Relay for Life on June 1. Contact Barbara Cooley Thaw at bcthaw@aol.com or visit www.relayforlife.org/paquakervalley for more information. 

Will you join the movement? Tell us in the comments section below. 

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