WHAT: The annual Cancer in Iowa report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, based in the University of Iowa College of Public Health.

WHO: Mary Charlton, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UI College of Public Health, will present the report findings and discuss the report’s focus on obesity-related cancers.

George Weiner, director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI, president of the board of directors for the Iowa Cancer Consortium, and president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, will discuss recent advances in research.

Andrew Nish, interventional radiologist and director of the John Stoddard Center in Des Moines, will discuss obesity-related cancers with an emphasis prevention.

In addition, a patient affected by cancer will be available to offer a personal perspective.

After the formal remarks and the Q&A session, the presenters will be available for one-on-one interviews.

WHEN: 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2018

WHERE: Room C217, located in the College of Public Health Building (CPHB). Metered parking is available in front of building or below in Lot 42. Additional parking available in Newton Road Ramp located on Newton Road. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Copies of Cancer in Iowa: 2018 will be available at the conference. CD-ROMs of charts/figures from the report also will be available for reporters only. The report includes estimates of cancer diagnoses and deaths in Iowa for 2018 and a special section on obesity-related cancers.

The press conference will be simulcast on the College of Public Health’s Facebook page; it will also be archived on that site and can be viewed there in the future.