One Week Left to Sign Up for Cancer Study with Clara Maass Medical Center

What if you could prevent someone, a family member, friend or complete stranger, from getting cancer? Would you do it?

Help Clara Maass Medical Center in its mission to reach as many people as possible in its surrounding communities to sign up for the long-term Cancer Prevention Study called CPS-3 by Tuesday, June 11, and be one of the hundreds of thousands participating in the study nation-wide! Approach a friend or a loved one and participate in the study together.

Clara Maass Medical Center and Barnabas Health are partnering with the American Cancer Society to recruit volunteers for CPS-3. Volunteers will work together with researchers for the duration of the study in the hopes that a cause for cancer can be discovered along with clues to preventing the disease.

“We lost my grandmother to breast cancer when she was only 49. I never got to meet her but her story has inspired much of what I do every day,” said Jill Wargo, Director of The Cancer Center at Clara Maass Medical Center. “Please consider being part of this very important study so that your daughters will get the chance to spoil their granddaughters some day!”

“This study provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Americans to participate in lifesaving cancer research,” said Fran Mascia, ACS Executive Vice President. “We are excited to offer this opportunity for New Jersey residents to make an appointment and enroll in the study at a Barnabas Health location of their convenience. We need passionate people who are committed to fighting cancer. 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.”

However, the study isn’t just open to Barnabas Health employees. ACS is looking for 300,000 people across the United States who represent a diverse population. The requirements are simple:

• Volunteers must be between the ages of 30 and 65 and never have been diagnosed with cancer.
• Over the course of the study, participants will be asked to fill out follow-up surveys every few years.
• To enroll, volunteers make a one-time visit to a Barnabas Health facility where they will be asked to provide a waist measurement, small blood sample and complete a survey online.

Tuesday, June 11 from 10 am to 2 pm

Clara Maass Medical Center, Cancer Center, 1 Clara Maass Dr., Belleville, NJ

Tuesday, June 11 from 8 am to 12 pm

Community Medical Center, Auditorium A & B, 99 Hwy. 37 West, Toms River, NJ

Wednesday, June 12 from 9 am to 1 pm

Monmouth Medical Center, Community Meeting Room, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch, NJ

Wednesday, June 12 from 12 pm to 4 pm

Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Islami Auditorium, 94 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston, NJ

Thursday, June 13 from 10 am to 2 pm

Kimball Medical Center, Conference Rooms A, B, C, 600 River Ave., Lakewood, NJ

Whether you participate in the study itself or share this information with your family, friends, local organizations or houses of worship, you are helping Barnabas Health and Clara Maass Medical Center champion wellness and healthy living among the communities they serve.

“Many individuals diagnosed with cancer struggle to answer the question, ‘What caused my cancer?’ In many cases, we don’t know the answer,” said Mascia.  “CPS-3 will help us better understand what factors cause cancer, and once we know that, we can be better equipped to prevent cancer.”

“Clara Maass Medical Center offers comprehensive treatment for cancer patients during all levels of their journey to healing,” said Mary Ellen Clyne, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, CMMC. “But as health care professionals, we too dream of a world that is someday free from cancer.”

For more information or to enroll in the CPS-3 study at a Barnabas Health Facility of your choice, please visit http://www.cps3barnabashealth.org

About Clara Maass Medical Center

Clara Maass Medical Center has won numerous awards and accolades. In 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review named it one of “100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.” It is ranked among the 50 Best Regional Hospitals in the New York Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report. In 2012, it received two Grade “A” scores in Hospital Safety by the Leapfrog Group. HealthGrades awarded Clara Maass an Emergency Medicine Excellence Award. Thomson Reuters named Clara Maass among the top 100 hospitals nationwide in 2012, one of only three hospitals in New Jersey to attain the distinction. In addition, Clara Maass won the Thomson Reuters Everest Award, one of 12 hospitals in the United States to do so. Clara Maass Medical Center was ranked as the second highest in New Jersey for hospital safety by Consumer Reports. It is ranked top in the state for the treatment of Congestive Heart Failure and Heart Attacks by the New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services.

Located in Belleville, NJ, Clara Maass Medical Center, a Barnabas Health facility, provides a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass’ centers and services include The Health and Wellness Center, Nuclear Medicine, The Cancer Center at Clara Maass, Adult Cardiac Services including Diagnostic Services, Cardiac Catheterization, Elective and Emergency Angioplasty and Rehabilitation, The Pain Management Center, The Joint & Spine Institute, a Vascular Center, Same Day Surgery, The Wound Center at Clara Maass, The Center for Sleep Disorders, The Bariatric Surgery Center, Rehabilitation Services, The Eye Surgery Center,  Maternity Services and Parent Education, as well as Pediatrics.  For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass, call 1-888-724-7123 or visit www.barnabashealth.org/claramaass 

About the American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers saving lives and fighting for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. As the largest voluntary health organization, the Society's efforts have contributed to a 20 percent decline in cancer death rates in the U.S. since 1991, and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates. Thanks in part to our progress nearly 14 million Americans who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will celebrate more birthdays this year. As we mark our 100th birthday in 2013, we're determined to finish the fight against cancer. We're finding cures as the nation’s  largest private, not-for-profit investor in cancer research, ensuring people facing cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings, clean air, and more. For more information, to get help, or to join the fight, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.