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There are 12 million Americans living with cancer today. This year, 1.4 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer, and 560,000 will lose their lives to the disease. Cancer is a public health crisis that touches every American and costs our economy more than $400 billion per year. In 2008, Canyon Ranch Institute developed the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship in partnership with four U.S. Surgeons General and a diverse group of cancer prevention and survivorship experts.

Peoples' Piece Wins Distinguished Award from the Society for Technical Communication

February 2, 2010 – Chicago, IL

CRI was informed that the Peoples' Piece – Cancer: What it Means to You, a magazine-style booklet that accompanies the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship, received the prestigious Award of Distinction from the Chicago Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. The Peoples' Piece is dedicated to promoting awareness of cancer prevention and survivorship. Along with CRI Executive Director Jennifer Cabe, M.A.; Melissa Sileo, M.S.W., LCSW of the Lance Armstrong Foundation; Laura Zauderer, M.P.H., CHES, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Peter Xiques, Vickie Reddick, and C. Mark Van Hook of SAIC were the lead collaborators on the Peoples' Piece. By receiving this award, the Peoples' Piece advances to the Society for Technical Communication's international competition. The Society for Technical Communication is one of the largest organizations in the world dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication.