<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><b>From: </b>"Ann Woolford" <awoolford@mbl.edu><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099"><br><br><style>p { margin: 0</style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">What if you could prevent
even one family from hearing the words “you have cancer”? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Cancer
is a word heard too often in our community. That is why the American Cancer
Society is offering Cape residents a special enrollment of the Cancer
Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) in Falmouth on Wednesday, June 13<sup>th</sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">The
goal of this nationwide study is to<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b>help
researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors
that cause or prevent cancer and will save lives. <span style="color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>The study involves recruiting men and women from various
racial/ethnic backgrounds from across the U.S. to participate and build on evidence
from the previous Cancer Prevention studies, which helped discover the link
between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and the role obesity plays in the
risk of several cancers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
color:black">Over two hundred and fifty Cape Cod residents have participated in
the study over the past few years through the Relay For Life events on
Cape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are hopeful that by
encouraging the Falmouth community to join us, we will help this study reach
its ultimate goal of eliminating cancer as a major health burden for this and
future generations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">WHO CAN PARTICIPATE AND WHAT
DOES PARTICIPATION INVOLVE? </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">If
you are between the ages of 30 and 65 years old <u>and have never been
diagnosed with cancer</u>, you are eligible to enroll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If
you are interested in enrolling, please follow these simple steps:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Visit <span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.seeuthere.com/cps3enroll/falmouth" target="_blank">www.seeuthere.com/cps3enroll/falmouth</a></span>
to schedule your 30 minute appointment. Appointment will take place at </span>Falmouth
Public Library on Wednesday, June 13<sup>th</sup> between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:
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</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After
scheduling your appointment</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, you will
receive a confirmation email with instructions to go online and complete the
comprehensive survey which will ask for detailed information on lifestyle,
behavioral, and other factors related to health.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Completing this survey will take approximately 45-60
minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At your
appointment</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, you will be asked to
sign an informed consent form, complete a short survey, and provide a waist
measure and a small blood sample (similar to a doctor’s visit). The blood
sample will be taken by a certified, trained phlebotomist and all </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:black">personal
information and any individual results of blood analyses that may be performed
will be kept strictly confidential by CPS-3 research staff.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">At
home</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">, you will be asked
to complete mailed surveys every few years over the next 20-30 years to update
lifestyle, medical, and behavioral information.</span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Help
us take advantage of this incredible opportunity to learn more about this disease
that takes too much from too many. We hope you will all take part in this
historic study, and please share this message with all those you know and
encourage them to join in this fight. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
color:black">For more information about CPS-3, please visit </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"><a href="http://www.cancer.org/cps3" target="_blank">cancer.org/cps3</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, email <a href="mailto:cps3@cancer.org" target="_blank">cps3@cancer.org</a> or call toll-free
1.888.604.5888. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To schedule your appointment go to </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.seeuthere.com/cps3enroll/falmouth" target="_blank">www.seeuthere.com/cps3enroll/falmouth</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
color:black">Thank you for your support,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kerri Medeiros,
Area Director, American Cancer Society</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sponsored by the MBL Activities Committee</span></p>
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