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Recognizing the Importance of Cancer Prevention

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Carolyn R. Aldige

​Carolyn R. Aldige, founder and president of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, discusses the importance of cancer prevention.

Carolyn R. Aldige, founder and president of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, discusses the importance of cancer prevention.

After her father died of cancer in 1984, Aldige was looking for something to do in the cancer space. It was then when she realized that people were not talking about cancer prevention enough. A year later, she founded the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

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