Volunteers join cancer prevention study

Linda Lang, right, takes information from Lori Hubbard for the nationwide Cancer Prevention Study on Tuesday at the Forsyth County Family YMCA. Participants across the nation are joining in the third such large survey held by the American Cancer Society since the 1950s. - photo by Crystal Ledford

Cancer WEB 1 — Linda Lang, right, takes information from Lori Hubbard for the nationwide Cancer Prevention Study on Tuesday at the Forsyth County Family YMCA. Participants across the nation are joining in the third such large survey held by the American Cancer Society since the 1950s. - photo by Crystal Ledford

A classroom at the Forsyth County Family YMCA was turned into a mini medical lab this week. Nurses were on hand Tuesday and Wednesday to draw blood samples from the many people who signed up to participate in the third nationwide Cancer Prevention Study, or CPS-3, by the American Cancer Society. Local Relay for Life volunteers also helped those who registered to take part in the large-scale study with the required waist measurements and paperwork.