american cancer society

An annual American Cancer Society is returning to an in-person format this year.

Five cancers can be easily prevented with a HPV vaccine. The American Cancer Society recommends HPV vaccinations for both boys and girls between the ages of 9-12. Only 1 in 3 students in Benton and Stearns Counties has completed both shots by the age of 13 and just 1 in 5 in Sherburne County.

The American Cancer Society is planning a golf tournament in Sartell at Blackberry Ridge Golf Club on Monday August 30th and Relay for Life will take place September 18th at the Sartell Community Center. Senior Community Development Manager Sherri Maanum from the American Cancer Society joined me on WJON this week.

March is colorectal cancer awareness month. I talked with Cancer Control Strategic Partnerships Manager Matt Flory from the American Cancer Society today. He says colorectal cancer is very preventable and there are many ways to get screened which includes a colonoscopy and a Cologuard colon cancer screening at home test.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but local fundraising is going to look a little different this year due to COVID-19.

An annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is going to look a little different this year.

Now that your kids are back in school the American Cancer Society is encouraging you to get them vaccinated for the Human Papillomavirus. It is a sexually transmitted disease that causes six different types of cancers including cervical and head and neck cancer.

Central Minnesotans gathered for a celebration of both grief and hope on Friday night.

Cancer used to be thought of as a death sentence, but over the last 20 years survival rates have increased by 25 percent. The American Cancer Society will be celebrating survivorship at this year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

Today on WJON I talked with Kim Orn (American Cancer Society), Lance Bartell (Batteries Plus Bulbs), Tanner Neubauer (Integration Fitness), and Jim Beck (Modern Barnyard).