GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Sunday’s game between the Packers and the Bengals was also the first game of October, where the NFL promotes “Crucial Catch Intercept Cancer.”

The Green Bay Packers are partnering with the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation again for their annual initiative that brings awareness to the more than 100 types of cancer and encourages fans to do an early screening.

In this nearly decade long initiative, the Packers recognize roughly a hundred cancer survivors from around Wisconsin during halftime, with the help of the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation.

On Sunday, Mason MacNeil soaked in the cheers from more than 78,000 fans.

“I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma cancer at 19 years old,” said MacNeil.

Hodgkin Lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects a part of the bod

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