Relayers Walk For 'No More Cancer'

The annual Relay for Life stepped off Friday afternoon in Blossom Heath Park with hundreds of participants joining in unison chanting "No More Cancer."
This is the 15th year St. Clair Shores has held the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
Organizers said 42 teams registered and 543 people signed up to walk.
In addition to the walk, the St. Clair Shores Relay for Life is an enrollment location for the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) through the efforts of City Councilman John Caron.
According to a release from the American Cancer Society, the study will help researchers better understand the lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer.   
“This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Americans to participate in lifesaving cancer research,” says Cheryl Donohoe, manager of CPS-3, American Cancer Society, according to release. “While the American Cancer Society has been conducting these types of studies for decades, their world-class research department can only study new and emerging cancer risks if members of the community are willing to become involved.” 
Participants will be asked to fill out follow-up surveys every few years during the study.   
"Many individuals diagnosed with cancer struggle to answer the question, 'What caused my cancer?' In many cases, we don’t know the answer,” said Alpa V. Patel, Ph.D., principal investigator of CPS-3, added in a release. “CPS-3 will help us better understand what factors cause cancer, and once we know that, we can be better equipped to prevent cancer.” Dr. Patel added, “Our previous cancer prevention studies have been instrumental in helping us identify some of the major factors that can affect cancer risk. CPS-3 holds the best hope of identifying new and emerging cancer risks, and we can only do this if members of the community are willing to become involved.”