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Guardant Health Joins Forces With Dak Prescott’s Faith Fight Finish Foundation and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Partners in Wellness to Boost Colon Cancer Screening in Underserved Communities
Foundation’s grant to mobile cancer screening program in Louisiana allows individuals to be screened with Guardant’s Shield™ blood test in their own
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nFoundation’s grant to mobile cancer screening program in Louisiana allows individuals to be screened with Guardant’s Shield™ blood test in their own community\n\n\nMobile screening events to be held during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (March) throughout northern and central Louisiana\n\n\n PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGuardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced a collaboration with Dak Prescott’s Faith Fight Finish Foundation and the mobile cancer screening program, Partners in Wellness, an initiative of LSU Health Shreveport and Ochsner LSU Health—Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in northern and central Louisiana.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250305489187/en/\nNationwide, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death, even though it is highly treatable when detected in early stages. An estimated 53,000 people in the U.S. died from the disease in 2024. Northern Louisiana has a particularly high colorectal cancer incidence rate, being home to 7 of the 11 highest prevalence areas in the state. Colon cancer is also more prevalent in African American populations, which represent 59% of Partners in Wellness patients.\n\nBased out of Shreveport, Louisiana, Partners in Wellness brings mobile screening vans to more than 30 communities in northern and central Louisiana and offers critical cancer screenings that are open to everyone—regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. As a result of a generous gift from Dak Prescott’s Faith Fight Finish Foundation, the program’s vans will now offer the Shield blood test so that individuals can be screened for colon and rectal cancer with a simple blood draw taken right on the mobile unit. Colon cancer is one of four pillars of the foundation, in tribute to Prescott’s mother, Margaret “Peggy” Prescott, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 52 after a courageous battle with Stage 4 colon cancer.\n\n“Detecting colon cancer early—when it’s treatable—can make all the difference in the outcome,” said Prescott. “And now screening can be as simple and convenient as having your blood drawn. I’m grateful to be able to join forces with Guardant Health and Partners in Wellness to give more people...