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Help fight cancer ... MAPE members needed for March 14 cancer prevention study

Submitted by mcody on February 14, 2012 - 4:07pm

Ask MAPE employee’s daughter what she thinks about cancer ...

(In the photo on the right, Lisa Bender is pictured on the right and Alice is on the left.)

This is what Alice thinks about cancer.

Her mom, Lisa Bender, Safe Routes to School coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, faced down cancer when she was just 11 weeks pregnant. After receiving a diagnosis of stage two breast cancer, Lisa underwent surgery and multiple rounds of chemotherapy all before Alice was even born.

Thanks to research advances, certain chemotherapy drugs are known to be safer during pregnancy because they don’t pass through the placenta. Alice was born healthy and on time, and Lisa is now cancer free.

You can help fight cancer for Alice’s generation by participating in the Cancer Prevention Study (CPS-3) 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at the Minnesota Capitol. If you’re between the ages of 30 and 65 and have never had cancer, you’re eligible. This long-term study will track health factors that could lead to new insights in cancer prevention or treatment.

Read more about CPS-3 and help spread the word here: www.cancer.org/cps3

Let’s get a great turnout from MAPE!

Need more convincing about the importance of your participation in this study?

Lisa said, “If I told you that there was a way you could personally do something to help prevent others from facing cancer, including our family and friends, would you do it? Well you can by joining the CPS-3 study.

“Just 30 years ago, less than half of those diagnosed with cancer survived. Today, 70 percent survive. When cancers are diagnosed early, the number is closer to 90 percent. It is because of lifesaving cancer research that I am here today! You now have an opportunity to be a part of a new research study that will save lives in the future.

"As a survivor, I cannot participate in this study – but you can. Many of you stood by me when I faced cancer. Now, I hope you will choose to enroll in this historic study and help to eliminate this threat for others.”