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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
July 29 2010
CARY, NC (July 29, 2010) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the risk of cancer for employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.

Publicis awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
June 21 2010
CARY, NC (June 21, 2010) – Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), the world's largest healthcare communications group, has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the risk of cancer for employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.

Goodmans Interior Structures and Shore Memorial Hospital awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
June 10 2010
CARY, NC (June 10, 2010) – Goodmans Interior Structures and Shore Memorial Hospital have received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing commitment of these organizations to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle.

Allergan awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
June 07 2010
CARY, NC (June 7, 2010) – Allergan, Inc. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

AlphaMed Press awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
May 25 2010
CARY, NC (May 25, 2010) – AlphaMed Press has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

AlphaMed Press awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
May 25 2010
CARY, NC (May 25, 2010) – AlphaMed Press has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Hawai'i Pacific Health, Saint Barnabas Health Care System N.J., and XCelience LLC receive CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
May 25 2010
CARY, NC (May 25, 2010) –Hawaii Pacific Health, Saint Barnabas Health Care System N.J., and XCelience LLC, have received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation,

Quest Diagnostics receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
April 01 2010
CARY, NC (April 1, 2010) – Quest Diagnostics has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
March 29 2010
CARY, NC (March 29, 2010) – Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the risk of cancer for its employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, by encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and by ensuring access to quality treatment.

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer Salutes Duke Men’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski On His 1000th Game
February 12 2010

"Coach K," Honorary CEO Roundtable on Cancer Member, Mike Krzyzewski, leads the Duke Blue Devils - and the fight against cancer in the workplace.
photo credit: Lance King
Judy O’Hagan named CEO Cancer Gold Standard Task Force Chair
January 29 2010
CARY, NC (January 28, 2010) – Judy O’Hagan has been named Chairman of the CEO Cancer Gold Standard Task Force and will help lead a nationwide, workplace-based effort to encourage more companies to reduce the cancer risk for employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle.

Four worksites awarded CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation
January 25 2010
CARY, NC (January 25, 2010) – The American Cancer Society’s Mid-South Division, LiDestri Foods, MDU Resources Group, Inc. and WCA Hospital have received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the commitment of these organizations to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle.
Aldagen receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
December 23 2009
CARY, NC (December 23, 2009) – Aldagen, Inc. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the company’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

State Farm receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
September 29 2009
CARY, NC (September 29, 2009) – State Farm has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Aetna Inc. receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
September 24 2009
Aetna has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Pride, Inc. receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
September 23 2009
Pride, Inc. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Meridian Health receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
September 16 2009
Meridian Health has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.

Aptuit, Inc. Receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
September 15 2009
Aptuit, Inc. has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to the health of their employees and family members by certifying their efforts to meet an exceptionally high standard of cancer prevention, screening and care guidelines.

Minot State University Receives CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
June 10 2009
Minot State University was accredited with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ certification, recognizing the organization’s commitment to the health of their employees and family members by certifying their efforts to meet an exceptionally high standard of cancer prevention, screening and care guidelines.

Expanded Role for NCI Needed to Hasten New Cancer Treatments
April 14 2009
Increased Public-Private Partnerships, Expanded Role for NCI Needed to Hasten New Cancer Treatments, Reports “The Oncologist”


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July 29 2010
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
CARY, NC (July 29, 2010) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the risk of cancer for employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.
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June 21 2010
Publicis awarded CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM accreditation
CARY, NC (June 21, 2010) – Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), the world's largest healthcare communications group, has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to reducing the risk of cancer for employees and their families by promoting healthy lifestyle choices, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.
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January 21 2010
The CEO Roundtable on Cancer Salutes SAS and Meridian Health
The CEO Roundtable on Cancer, the nonprofit organization of cancer-fighting CEOs who created the CEO Cancer Gold Standard, salutes SAS Institute for being ranked No.1 on FORTUNE magazine’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list.
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