Prevent Cancer Foundation

The mission of the Prevent Cancer Foundation is saving lives through cancer prevention and early detection. Founded in 1985 by Carolyn Aldigé, the Foundation has fulfilled its mission by:

• Funding research that allows us to understand how to prevent cancer or detect it early when it can be more successfully treated;
• Educating the public about how to prevent cancer and detect it early through healthy lifestyle choices and proper medical screenings;
• Advocating for policies and legislation that advances cancer research and prevention, as well as those that support the needs of cancer patients and their families.
• Reaching out to communities across the country through funding, events and partnerships with other organizations.

The Prevent Cancer Foundation has funded more than $125 million in support cancer prevention and early detection research, education, advocacy and community outreach programs nationwide and plays a pivotal role in developing a body of knowledge that is the basis for important prevention and early detection strategies.

Specialties

The Foundation focuses its energies and resources on cancers—lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, cervical, skin, oral and testicular—that can be prevented through lifestyle changes or detection and treatment in their early stages.