We're proud to announce that @PriscaGithuka2 KENCO Board Secretary, has been appointed as a member of the @myESMO Patient Advocates Working Group. Her dedication to advocating for patients' rights and cancer care is now on a global stage. Congratulations!

A modeling study in JAMA Oncology found that from 1975 to 2020, an estimated 5.9 million deaths from breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers were prevented in the United States. Four out of five of those saved lives—about 4.8 million—were credited to prevention and screening alone, with smoking cessation responsible for preventing roughly 3.5 million lung cancer deaths. Screenings played a huge role for cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancers by helping doctors detect and remove precancerous cells or catch cancer early. Breast cancer was different—the biggest impact on saving lives came from treatment improvements, with screening still playing an important part. Despite this success, less than half of all possible cancer deaths from these five cancers were avoided, so there’s still a lot of room to do better. Why This Matters for You: 1. Lifestyle changes, especially quitting smoking, can make a major difference in reducing cancer risk. 2. Regular screenings (mammograms, Pap tests, colonoscopies, PSA tests) can catch cancer early, when it’s more treatable—or even prevent it by catching abnormal cells before they turn cancerous. Treatment has come a long way, but prevention and early detection remain key to further reducing cancer deaths.