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The Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) is one of the CDC-funded Louisiana Cancer Prevention and Control Programs (LCP) housed at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health. For more information, go to www.louisianacancer.org

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What Your Pediatrician Isn't Telling You

For decades now, we have been actively seeking a way to stop cancer. And now that we have one – or one that can stop certain kinds of cancer – not all pediatricians are telling parents about it. It’s the HPV vaccine and it’s the first vaccine in history to prevent any kind of cancer. That fact alone should have people lining up outside doctors’ offices to get it. However, like other vaccines, it has to be administered at a young age in order to deliver the best immunological response, so adults aren’t eligible. There’s only a limited time in which a person can get the vaccine for it to

15 Reasons Why Anyone Can Get Colorectal Cancer

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which is a good time to let people know about some research from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT). It shows people 50 and over know they should get screened for colorectal cancer, yet it also shows they are letting bad reasons stand in the way of actually doing so. The NCCRT, which was established by the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, has categorized people who are not getting screened as:“Procrastinator/ Rationalizers,” “Newly

6 CANCERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET

World Cancer Day is Feb. 4Cancer. It’s a word people fear and a diagnosis that often inspires fatalism. However, as World Cancer Day raises awareness about the disease on Wed., Feb. 4, the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) wants people to know there are at least six cancers they can easily avoid or catch early enough to beat. 1. Lung. Don’t smoke. Lung cancer is the most fatal cancer in the world and tobacco accounts for 90 percent of those deaths. That figure includes deaths from cigarettes, cigars and secondhand smoke, which is why businesses, municipalities and

6 CANCERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET

World Cancer Day is Feb. 4Cancer. It’s a word people fear and a diagnosis that often inspires fatalism. However, as World Cancer Day raises awareness about the disease on Wed., Feb. 4, the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) wants people to know there are at least six cancers they can easily avoid or catch early enough to beat. 1. Lung. Don’t smoke. Lung cancer is the most fatal cancer in the world and tobacco accounts for 90 percent of those deaths. That figure includes deaths from cigarettes, cigars and secondhand smoke, which is why businesses, municipalities and

CERVICAL CANCER CAN BE PREVENTED, YET LOUISIANA WOMEN HAVE FOURTH HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN U.S.

More Pap Tests and HPV Vaccines Would Save LivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states quite clearly “No woman should ever die from cervical cancer.” It is a disease that can be prevented through vaccination or detected early and cured through regular Pap testing. Yet cervical cancer still kills a few thousand U.S. women each year. Even worse news is that Louisiana accounts for a large number of those deaths, with the state having the fourth highest cervical cancer mortality rate in the nation. These are statistics that can and must be changed. According to the

CERVICAL CANCER CAN BE PREVENTED, YET LOUISIANA WOMEN HAVE FOURTH HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN U.S.

More Pap Tests and HPV Vaccines Would Save LivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states quite clearly “No woman should ever die from cervical cancer.” It is a disease that can be prevented through vaccination or detected early and cured through regular Pap testing. Yet cervical cancer still kills a few thousand U.S. women each year. Even worse news is that Louisiana accounts for a large number of those deaths, with the state having the fourth highest cervical cancer mortality rate in the nation. These are statistics that can and must be changed. According to the

LUNG CANCER KILLS FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN EBOLA AND IS MOST FATAL CANCER IN U.S.

Tobacco causes 90% of lung cancer deaths, yet people still smokeNEW ORLEANS - Though people are panicked over Ebola, the facts tell a very different story. As of October 2014, only one person has died from Ebola in the United States. In contrast, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 159,260 people will die from lung cancer in the United States this year. That figure is more than the Louisiana city populations of Lake Charles, Alexandria and Houma combined. Almost all of these deaths could be prevented, a fact that the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) is

LOUISIANA BREAST AND CERVICAL HEALTH PROGRAM (LBCHP) AWARDED RECORD $2 MILLION GRANT TO SCREEN WOMEN FOR CANCER

Exceptional work by program results in maximum available grantThe Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program (LBCHP), which performs breast and cervical cancer screenings (including mammograms and Pap tests) at no cost to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women across the state, was recently awarded the maximum amount for 2014-2015. LBCHP’s exceptional performance in providing these screenings was one reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) not only continued the grant for the program, which has been in existence since 2002, but increased it. “The CDC has

LOUISIANA WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER THAN OTHER U.S. WOMEN

What You Should Learn During October Breast Cancer Awareness MonthThough Louisiana women are less likely to get breast cancer than other U.S. women, they are more likely to die from it, with the state having the second highest mortality rate in the nation, according to the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (LCCCP) Why? One reason is that women in Louisiana often don’t have access to health care, resulting in a lack of screening, which leads to the cancer being diagnosed in its later, more deadly stages. Mammogram Controversy There are two main ways to screen for breast

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