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  • Apr 11, 2013
    Coordinated Efforts Needed to Close Gaps

    An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds continuing challenges in changing behaviors and risk factors in order to reduce suffering and death from cancer. The report, Cancer Prevention &

  • Apr 9, 2013
    Statement by John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society, on the Passing of Margot S. Freudenberg

    ATLANTA — April 9, 2013 — “I was deeply saddened to learn today that Margot S. Freudenberg, who served the American Cancer Society as a volunteer for an extraordinary 71 years, died at her...

  • Apr 8, 2013
    175 Research and Training Grants to Fund Investigators at 93 Institutions

    The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 175 national research and training grants totaling...

  • Apr 5, 2013
    Coach Ryan has helped raise more than $1.5 million for the American Cancer Society since 2007

    ATLANTA – April 5, 2013 – University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach, Bo Ryan, is the recipient of the 2013 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award, presented annually to a college coach who...

  • Apr 1, 2013
    Fight Cancer In Style Lunch to Benefit Coaches vs. Cancer

    WHAT: During the Final Four weekend in Atlanta, NCAA coaches’ wives and families won’t be sitting on the sidelines in the fight against cancer --- they’ll be taking center court through...