8 Ways® to Prevent Cancer

The power of healthy living is hard to overestimate. A large percentage of cancers and many other chronic diseases can be prevented by things like eating a healthy diet, getting regular exercise, keeping weight in check, and getting important screening tests. The best thing? These are things under your control. Take some simple steps to improve your health, and help your family do the same.

Resource Guides

Our resource guides are comprehensive directories to the resources available in the St. Louis region for accessing cancer screening and treatment, and the services available before, during, and after treatment. You can download your guide by clicking on the relevant cover below. Printed copies may be available for community partners–for more information, email [email protected].

Clinical Trials Brochures

We’ve developed two new brochures to help inform people on how they can participate in clinical trials, and why diversity in participants of clinical trials is important.

Data Resources

We offer a number of resources for key data about public health, including community snapshots about housing and transportation as well as MCR county-specific data. You can also submit a data request redcap form.

Explore Siteman’s
SCC dashboards       Explore the Missouri Cancer
Registry and Research Center

Learn about preventing skin cancer 

The Division of Public Health Sciences worked with the Department of Dermatology at Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society, Missouri Dermatological Society, Blackout Melanoma, Miles Against Melanoma, Warriors Against Melanoma, and Our Mark on Melanoma to create public services announcements aimed at educating the public on the dangers of indoor tanning.

8 Ways® Videos

The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

The Benefits of Smoking Cessation and Prevention 

How to Prevent Skin Cancer

Recommendations for PSA Screenings

Staying Healthy as a Family

8 Ways® Animated Videos

Watch here

Audio/Podcasts

Many of our affiliated researchers share their expertise on podcasts and other audio formats. Here you’ll find links to recent podcast episodes on various topics that you can share with your communities.

• A “PSA” on PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer: Saving Men’s Lives
• April 2022: Dr. Graham Colditz was featured on the Master Minds podcast, where he was interviewed on the topic of “Preventing Cancer and Chronic Disease.” Listen here.
• March 2022: Dr. Erin Linnenbringer was interviewed on the GENEish podcast, talking about the role of a genetic counselor, her love for research, as well as how psychological and genetic health affect us. Listen here.
• March 2022: Dr. Liz Salerno appeared on the PQI podcast, discussing “Physical Activity, Cognition, and the Cancer Patient.” Listen here.
• February 2022: Dr. Graham Colditz was interviewed for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation podcast on the topic of how diet and lifestyle influence breast cancer risk. Listen here.

Other Resources Available for Sharing

• PECaD YouTube Channel
• PECaD Facebook
• PECaD Newsletter Sign-Up
• This is Cancer Podcast