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Blacks Support American Cancer Society

AWARDS LUNCHEON/FASHION SHOW DRAWS NEW YORK CITY, EAST COAST BLACK SOCIETY

3rd ANNUAL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS LUNCHEON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1982

(New York) The American Cancer Society's Harlem Unit hosted its Third Annual Business & Professional Award Luncheon on Saturday, October 16 at the Hotel Americana in New York. Honored at the event were Dick Campbell, Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of Greater New York; Mel Patrick, President & Publisher of Delegate Magazine; Dr. Muriel Petioni, and Fannye Pierre.

Congressman Charles Rangel made an appearance at the event. They Keynote Address was delivered by Dr. George Alexander, Fellow of the American Cancer Society, and Radiotherapy Director of the Society's Radiotherapy Development Branch & Radiation Research.

[[image - an honoree]]

The Harlem Unit of the American Cancer Society's New York City Division is engaged in research, education and patient service in addressing the high incidence of cancer among black people. According to the National Cancer Institute, Black people have higher rates of some kinds of cancer than whites.

The Harlem Unit of the American Cancer Society's New York City Division is engaged in research, education and patient service in addressing the high incidence of cancer among black people. According to the National Cancer Institute, Black people have higher rates of some kinds of cancer than whites. This includes cancers of the lung, prostate, stomach, cervix, pancreas and esophagus. Cancers of the breast, colon and rectum, bladder and mouth are among the other types of cancer on the rise in the Black Community.

THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY & THE BLACK COMMUNITY

The mission of the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute in the Black Community is to deliver the message that it is important to learn more about cancer, and dispel myths about the disease, particularly in view of the increase in cancer among blacks. Prevention, early detection and prompt treatment can make a big difference. For more information, write to: Office of Cancer Communications, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20205 or call (toll free) your local Cancer Information Service in New York State, 1-800-462-7255.

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