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News from CDC: applying a life course approach to primary cancer prevention

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported in part by an appointment (MLS) to the Research Participation Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the US Department of Energy and CDC. The members of the Cancer Prevention Across the Lifespan (CPAL) workgroup were instrumental in the activities described in this report. Workgroup members included Jennifer E. Boehm, Natasha Buchanan, Donatus Ekwueme, T’Ronda Flagg, Kristi Fultz-Butts, Gery Guy, Nikki Hawkins, Jane Henley, Dawn Holman, Chunyu Li, Jun Li, Greta M. Massetti, Mary Elizabeth O’Neil, Lucy Peipins, Mary Puckett, Juan Rodriguez, Meredith L. Shoemaker, Katrina F. Trivers, Meg Watson, Mary C. White, and Susan White. Additionally, we would like to thank Katherine B. Roland for her constructive contributions to this report.

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    Meredith L. Shoemaker MPH, Dawn M. Holman MPH, S. Jane Henley MSPH & Mary C. White ScD

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Shoemaker, M.L., Holman, D.M., Henley, S.J. et al. News from CDC: applying a life course approach to primary cancer prevention. Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res. 5, 131–133 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-015-0309-0

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