Denver Nuggets coach, George Karl, lent his voice to the American Cancer Society and Quest Diagnostics, who are teaming up on a nationwide cancer prevention study. It aims to follow 300,000 people for 20 to 30 years to see how genetics, lifestyle and the environment affect cancer risk.

From NBA.com: With no basketball to coach, George Karl is tending to his other passion in life: fighting cancer, a disease he's beaten twice.

The Denver Nuggets coach lent his voice Tuesday to the American Cancer Society and Quest Diagnostics, which are teaming up on a nationwide cancer prevention study. It aims to follow 300,000 people for 20 to 30 years to see how genetics, lifestyle and the environment affect cancer risk. Read more.

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