SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on AFAP Community airs issues at AFAP Symposium  Oct 3, 2008 AFAP is the vehicle for identifying, defining and forwarding issues from installations to major commands ... Others will be forwarded to the national AFAP symposium ... The issues presented at the AFAP Symposium are now being staffed at the local level or will be forwarded to the national AFAP symposium. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS) Working on the details  Feb 26, 2008 Fort Lee Garrison Commander Col. Gwen Bingham called the AFAP A way to tell senior leadership what is going on, right and wrong ... Wendi Clark, AFAP program manager, said the program was the reason for many Army-wide wins ... Because of AFAP, the basic allowance for housing rose 11 percent and education opportunities were enhanced for soldiers and their families. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA) Patient Zero for a Colon Cancer Gene  Jan 22, 2008 The Fry family's mutation causes a relatively rare syndrome known as attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). Without proper clinical care, people with AFAP who account for less than 1% of the 153,000 colorectal cancer cases in the U.S. every year have a greater than two-in-three risk of developing cancer, compared with a one-in-24 chance in the general population ... People with AFAP can begin develop colon polyps by their late teens (about 50% develop polyps in teenhood; others, later... (Time.com) Colon Cancer Risk Traced to Early American Settlers  Jan 3, 2008 In the study, the team identified the mutation that causes a condition called attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP), which makes people more prone to developing the polyps that can cause colon cancer. Without proper treatment, people with this mutation have a greater than 2 in 3 risk of developing colon cancer by age 80, compared to about 1 in 24 for the general population. (Fox News) Colon cancer risk in US traced to common ancester  Jan 2, 2008 The mutation causes a condition called attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). Without proper clinical care, people with the AFAP mutation have a greater than 2 in 3 risk of colon cancer by age 80, compared to about 1 in 24 for the general population ... However, she explains, clinical recognition of AFAP can be difficult because colon cancer develops on average in a persons 50s and the majority of sporadic, or non-hereditary, colon cancers occur after the age of 50. (EurekAlert!) Many AFAP_issues resolved since symposium  Dec 1, 2007 AFAP is the vehicle for identifying, defining and forwarding issues from installations to major commands ... Other AFAP Symposium issues handled locally. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS) Delegates work variety of issues at AFAP_Symposium ... First Red Team Members Course graduates ... \'7 Habits\' workshop develops families ... Housing Update -- Cheyenne Village grand opening Oct. 22 ... Pet of the Week ... Logistics Information Warehouse -- CGSC_instructors learn how to use new online database ... Learning lunch ... 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Lamp photo by Prudence Siebert. Delegates work variety of issues at AFAP_Symposium  Sep 15, 2007 Delegates work variety of issues at AFAP_Symposium ... AFAP is the vehicle for identifying, defining and forwarding issues from installations to major commands ... Caldwell said the issues raised at AFAP symposiums get tremendous visibility in the Army system. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS) Delegates sought for AFAP_Symposium  Sep 1, 2007 The AFAP Symposium, set for 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Frontier Conference Center, is a chance for members of the community to brainstorm and work together to find solutions to issues that affect Fort Leavenworth and the entire Army ... AFAP symposiums have been conducted throughout the Army since 1983, and the issues and recommended solutions have led to hundreds of improvements in benefits, policies, services and facilities ... To become a delegate for the 2007 AFAP Symposium, call... 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