September Brings About Awareness for a Number of Cancers

While September marks the end of summer for many, it is also the time to raise awareness for a number of different types of cancers.
 
Many organizations celebrate awareness months as a way to focus attention on a particular disease with the hope of educating the public about that particular type of cancer, to generate interest for fundraising and volunteering purposes and to encourage people to explore screening options for cancer detection and prevention.
 
At GoPath Laboratories, our focus has always been on patient care. Not only do we work rigorously to create the most up-to-date diagnostics to detect cancer, hereditary mutations and syndromes that indicate an increased risk for developing cancer, but one of our goals is to educate patients on various cancers so they know what to look for and what questions to ask of their physicians.

Here is a list of the awareness months for September and online resources available to learn more about each particular condition:

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Childhood Cancers:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - www.stjude.org
Children’s Cancer Research Fund - childrenscancer.org
Alex’s Lemonade Stand - www.alexslemonade.org
 
Gynecological Cancers:
Foundation for Women’s Cancer - www.foundationwomenscancer.org
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 
Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers - www.dana-farber.org
 
Blood Cancers:
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: www.lls.org 
Lymphoma Research Foundation: www.lymphoma.org 
Leukemia Research Foundation: www.allbloodcancers.org
Myeloma Crowd: www.myelomacrowd.org
 
Ovarian Cancer:
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition: ovarian.org & whyteal.org
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Foundation: www.ocafoundation.org
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Prostate Cancer:
Prostate Cancer Foundation: stepup.pcf.org
Movember Foundation: us.movember.com 
Zero Cancer: zerocancer.org
 
Thyroid Cancer:
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association: thyca.org
American Thyroid Association: www.thyroid.org
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists: thyroidawareness.com
 
Resources for All Cancers:
American Cancer Society - www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute - www.cancer.gov
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - www.cancer.net
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