Cancer Prevention and Control
Screening | Chemoprevention | Risk Factor Reduction | LCCP | Tissue Repository
Professional Information and Services are available on the following topics.
Early Detection & Screening
Chemo Prevention
Risk Factor Reduction
Population Based Studies*
Core Services*
Prevention Faculty
Cancer Prevention
New cancer cases can be reduced, and many cancer deaths can be prevented. Your cancer risk can be reduced significantly by living a healthy lifestyle. Positive lifestyle changes include avoiding tobacco use, increasing your physical activity, avoiding obesity, minimizing excessive sun exposure, and improving your daily nutrition.
Cancer screening can lower the high rates of cancer and cancer deaths. Screenings for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancers decrease death rates from these diseases. By finding signs of cancer early, we often can treat precancerous conditions before they become life threatening.
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center has wellness tips, free health screenings, and cancer-specific services and trials to prevent and screen for cancer.
Patient Services:
CANCER PREVENTION: Wellness Tips & Prevention | Free Health Screening | Breast Cancer Prevention | Cancer Prevention Studies | Referrals to Prevention | LCCP
Partners in Wellness
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center sponsors a community Partners in Wellness health screening program in two Shreveport locations on a year-round basis. Partners in Wellness is a free health screening program open to all Louisiana citizens who do not receive routine health screenings for prostate, colorectal, breast and cervical cancer, as well as cardiovascular diseases.
The goal of the program is to promote good health in Louisiana through routine screening exams and education.
To make a free health screening appointment or to receive more information, call 800-582-4523. Free screening opportunities
Prevention and Control Faculty
Lead: Jerry McLarty, PhD
Tissue Repository
Patrick Adegboyega, MD
Partners in Wellness
Jennifer Green, MHSA
Lihong Liu, MN, FNP-BC
Rita King, APRN, WHNP
Biostatistics, Nutrition Programs
Runhua Shi, MD, PhD
LA Cancer Control Partnership
Yolanda Duckworth
Molecular Epidemiology
Heather Kleiner, PhD
Runhua Shi, MD, PhD
Education
Pat (Ricky) Bass, MD
Smoking Cessation
Kristen Catanese
Collaboration Projects
Jerry McLarty, PhD
Referrals to Prevention