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    Workgroups tackle local, Army issues at Army Family Action Plan Symposium  Oct 23, 2009
    Col. Wayne Green, garrison commander, said the AFAP was a major undertaking ... AFAP volunteer and planning committee member Beth Nelson said AFAP is a grassroots feedback process that started out with a group of Army spouses who got together to tell the Army what they thought it should be doing better ... Nelson said commanders got behind the idea and AFAP was formalized in 1984. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)

    Volunteers sought for AFAP_symposium  Aug 28, 2009
    AFAP is the vehicle for identifying, defining and forwarding issues from installations to major command; it is a process for the Army to identify how it can better serve the Army community. At Fort Leavenworth the identification process begins with the AFAP symposium that will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 14 and 15 at the Frontier Conference Center ... AFAP Program Manager Jan Nowowiejski said planners of the symposium are still looking for volunteers in all areas. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)

    Genetic Data From 1630s Backs Cancer Screening  Mar 26, 2009
    The gene mutation causes a condition known as attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP). AFAP causes the growth of colorectal polyps that have the potential to become cancerous ... People with the AFAP mutation have about a two in three risk of getting colon cancer, compared to about one in 24 for the general population. (Science Daily)




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