Cancer touches almost everyone. Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year. The good news is that cancer prevention and early detection can save lives. Heather Mackey, Senior Director of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Prevent Cancer Foundation, discusses the Foundation and steps they are taking in cancer prevention.
Routine cancer screening can detect cancer early (even if you have no signs or symptoms). When cancer is detected early, it increases your chance of survival. You may also require less extensive treatment or have more treatment options.
It's time to check your health and give yourself—and your loved ones—better outcomes. Get your routine cancer screenings scheduled today.
The Prevent Cancer Foundation® is the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection. Through research, education, outreach and advocacy, we have helped countless people avoid a cancer diagnosis or detect their cancer early enough to be successfully treated. We are driven by a vision of a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.The Foundation is rising to meet the challenge of reducing cancer deaths by 40% by 2035. To achieve this, we are committed to investing $20 million for innovative technologies to detect cancer early and advance multi-cancer screening, $10 million to expand cancer screening and vaccination access to medically underserved communities, and $10 million to educate the public about screening and vaccination options. For more information, please visit www.preventcancer.org
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EP 1,147B - Cancer Detection and Early Development
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Heather has been an active volunteer for ONS on the local and national level since 1997, including a term as Director at Large and later Secretary of the national ONS Board of Directors (2018-2021). She served as a member of the national ONS Nurse Practitioner Summit in 2017; on the project teams for the Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Generalist competencies; and currently serves as an ONCC certification advocate and is on the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Review Board.
Heather has been an active volunteer for ONS on the local and national level since 1997, including a term as Director at Large and later Secretary of the national ONS Board of Directors (2018-2021). She served as a member of the national ONS Nurse Practitioner Summit in 2017 and on the project teams for the Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Generalist competencies and is currently an ONCC certification advocate on the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Review Board. She is Co-author of the ONS Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Generalist Competencies.
Heather Thompson Mackey
Heather received a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; a diploma in nursing from Watts School of Nursing in Durham, NC; a Master of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has been certified in oncology nursing by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) since 1999 and as an adult nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) since 2002 and was recognized as the Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN®) of the Year in 2009 by ONCC and as one of the Great 100 NC Nurses in 2004. She currently serves as Senior Director of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection at the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Alexandria, VA.Heather has been an active volunteer for ONS on the local and national level since 1997, including a term as Director at Large and later Secretary of the national ONS Board of Directors (2018-2021). She served as a member of the national ONS Nurse Practitioner Summit in 2017; on the project teams for the Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Generalist competencies; and currently serves as an ONCC certification advocate and is on the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Review Board.
Heather has been an active volunteer for ONS on the local and national level since 1997, including a term as Director at Large and later Secretary of the national ONS Board of Directors (2018-2021). She served as a member of the national ONS Nurse Practitioner Summit in 2017 and on the project teams for the Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Generalist competencies and is currently an ONCC certification advocate on the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Review Board. She is Co-author of the ONS Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Generalist Competencies.