"Promoting Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk of Cancer" was the focus of the President's Cancer Panel meeting September 11, 2006 . The University of Minnesota Cancer Center hosted the all-day, fact-finding meeting where the panel heard testimony from invited participants and the public on current research and existing knowledge gaps on how obesity, physical activity, and nutrition impact cancer risk.

On this page:

• Presentations and Panel Discussions
• About the President's Cancer Panel
• News Coverage
• Event Photos

Presentations and Panel Discussions

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Panel One

• [MP3 audio] "Physical Activity and Cancer: State of Evidence," Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Professor and Provost for Medical Affairs, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
• [MP3 audio] "Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes: Common Nutritional Factors," Tim E. Byers, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center
• [MP3 audio] "Cancer Rehabilitation: Establishing the Need," Kathryn H. Schmitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• [MP3 audio] "Physical Activity as a Contributor to Colon Cancer Prevention," Marty Slattery, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine
• [MP3 audio] Panel disscussion

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Panel Two

• [MP3 audio] "NCI's Energy Balance Initiative," Rachel Ballard-Barbash, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director, Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute
• [MP3 audio] "Changing Risk Factors for Cancer: A Public Health Approach," Deb Galuska, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• [MP3 audio] "Obesity Prevention: Can It Be Done and How?" Robert W. Jeffery, Ph.D., Director, Obesity Prevention Center, University of Minnesota
• [MP3 audio] "Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT)," James A. Levine, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
• [MP3 audio] Panel discussion

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Panel Three

• [MP3 audio] "Boston's Fight Against Obesity: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Chronic Disease," Kathy Cunningham, M.Ed., R.D., L.D., Senior Program Manager, Boston Steps, Boston Public Health Commission
• [MP3 audio] Alvaro Garza, Founder and President, Snack Essentials
• [MP3 audio] Gregory A. Curt, M.D., Member, CEO Roundtable Working Group
• [MP3 audio] "Most Americans Dangerously Deficient," Paul Stitt, M.S., Executive Director, Nutritional Resources Foundation
• [MP3 audio] Panel discussion

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About the President's Cancer Panel

The President's Cancer Panel was established with the 1971 Cancer Act to advise the President on matters about cancer. The current panel appointed by President Bush includes LaSalle Leffall, Jr., M.D., chair of the panel and professor of surgery at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.; champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation; and Margaret Kripke, Ph.D., professor of immunology and executive vice president and chief academic officer of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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News Coverage

• WCCO TV (with video): 'Lance Armstrong And Cancer Panel Visit U Of M'
• Minnesota Daily: 'Lance Armstrong comes to U as part of cancer discussion'
• Pioneer Press: 'Panel: fitness boosts cancer survival rate'

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Event Photos

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Media Contact: Mary Lawson, Public Relations Director, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, 612-624-6165, 612-363-6971 (cell), mlawson@umn.edu.