Press Releases
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Dec 21, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/21 -A new study finds that most general surgeons do not discuss reconstruction with patients before surgical breast cancer treatment. The analysis shows that only one in three...
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Dec 21, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/21 -A new study has estimated the costs of providing comprehensive screening and diagnostic services to under-or uninsured, low-income women to identify those with breast or...
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Dec 20, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/20 -A new report from the American Cancer Society finds substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care and poorer...
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Dec 17, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/17 -A new American Cancer Society report estimates that there will be over 12 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths (about 20,000 cancer deaths a day) worldwide in...
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Dec 10, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/10 -Immigrants in the United States may be less likely to report a family history of cancer, which may lead to inadequate screening and cancer prevention strategies according to a...
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Dec 10, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/10 -A new study finds significant underuse of colorectal cancer screening procedures among Medicare beneficiaries. The study, published in the January 15, 2008 issue of CANCER, a...
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Dec 3, 2007
Atlanta 2007/12/03 -An American Cancer Society study finds breast cancer patients who lack insurance, who come from areas with lower education levels, who are African American, or who are older...
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Nov 26, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/26 -Prostate cancer patients often receive treatment that is contraindicated by pre-existing conditions, like urinary or bowel dysfunction, according to a new study. Dr. James...
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Nov 26, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/26 -A new study finds significant racial differences in the risk of pain related to metastatic breast cancer. An analysis by Dr. Liana Castel of the University of North Carolina at...
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Nov 13, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/13 -The American Cancer Society will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 15. With exactly half of the United States now protected by...
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Nov 12, 2007
The American Cancer Society is looking for individuals with or without formal science training who have a strong personal interest in the battle against cancer to serve on peer review committees...
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Nov 12, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/12 -A newly launched Internet search engine from the American Cancer Society, www.SearchToFight.org, will enable consumers to help raise money to fight cancer when they are...
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Nov 12, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/12 -Men who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of death after treatment, according to a new study in the December 15, 2007 issue of...
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Nov 12, 2007
Atlanta 2007/11/12 -Families coping with prostate cancer report improved quality of life from a structured support program integrated into the patient's cancer management, according to a new...
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Nov 7, 2007Clean Air Laws Expected to Spread Around the Globe
A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society's ambitious goal to cut cancer incidence by one-fourth by 2015 finds overall cancer incidence rates were eight percent lower in 2004 than they...
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Oct 26, 2007Society's Medal of Honor, Founded in 1949, to be Awarded Tonight
The American Cancer Society -- the nation's leading voluntary health organization -- will present its highest honor, the Medal of Honor, to three Americans who have made outstanding contributions...
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Oct 26, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/26 -The American Cancer Society – the nation’s leading voluntary health organization – will present its highest honor, the Medal of Honor, to three Americans who have made...
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Oct 25, 2007Awards Honor Accomplishments in Cancer Control, Volunteerism and Humanitarianism
Six Americans whose unique talents and dedication have helped reduce the burden of cancer today received prestigious awards from the American Cancer Society for their work in cancer control,...
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Oct 25, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/25 -La Sociedad Americana del Cáncer (American Cancer Society), la organización voluntaria de salud más grande del país, eligió a 11 funcionarios nuevos para su Junta Nacional...
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Oct 25, 2007Nation's Largest Voluntary Health Organization Elects Cancer Prevention Expert and First Hispanic President Elmer E. Huerta, M.D. and Cancer Control and Health Communications Expert Marion E. Morra to Lead Volunteer Board of Directors
The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, elected 11 new officers to its volunteer 2007-2008 National Board of Directors during its annual meeting held this...
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Oct 22, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/22 -A new study finds that survival for elderly patients with lung cancer has changed little despite large increases in healthcare expenditures for lung cancer treatment. The study...
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Oct 22, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/22 -A patient's positive or negative emotional state has no direct or indirect effect on cancer survival or disease progression, according to a large scale new study. Published in...
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Oct 19, 2007
Today is National Mammography Day, and the American Cancer Society is urging women 40 and older to get a yearly mammogram, especially in light of recent data suggesting a decline in mammography...
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Oct 15, 2007Special Feature Examines Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives
Atlanta 2007/10/15 -A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows cancer death rates decreased on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual...
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Oct 9, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/09 -Two of the three scientists receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine received funding from the American Cancer Society early in their careers, bringing to 42...
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Oct 8, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/08 -A new study finds treatment for breast cancer differs between African-American women and white women, though the differences are partly dependent on insurance type. The study...
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Oct 8, 2007
Atlanta 2007/10/08 -Patients perceive no significant change in the quality of care for cancer since the United States’ government passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and...
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Sep 24, 2007
Atlanta 2007/09/24 -Different types of personalized interventions can improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in primary care practices, according to a new study. Writing in the November...
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Sep 24, 2007
Atlata 2007/09/24 -Recent investigations of medications, diet and the molecular understanding of prostate cancer are defining potential prevention strategies for the disease, and herald a new...
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Sep 17, 2007
Atlanta 2007/09/17 -The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, today announced a major nationwide initiative to call attention to the urgent need for...
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Sep 12, 2007
Atlanta 2007/09/12 -A new review says phytoestrogens may have both a protective role and a stimulatory role in breast cancer cell growth depending on several factors, including at what age...
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Sep 10, 2007
Atlanta 2007/09/10 -Mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer are often overlooked by oncologists but, if screened for, can be adequately managed to improve a...
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Sep 10, 2007
Atlanta 2007/09/10 -A new study finds that, compared to healthy women, breast cancer survivors reported more days of fatigue and more severe fatigue symptoms. The study, published in the October...
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Aug 27, 2007
Atlanta 2007/08/27 -Smoking significantly increases the risk for head and neck cancers for both men and women, regardless of the anatomic site. Published in the October 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a...
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Aug 27, 2007
Atlanta 2007/08/27 -Though the overall incidence of head and neck cancers has fallen in the United States, the rate of oropharyngeal (chiefly, tonsil and base of tongue) cancers is stagnant and...
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Aug 10, 2007Margot Freudenberg's Vision Honored With Record Expansion of American Cancer Society's Free Housing Network for Cancer Patients
Margot Freudenberg, a Holocaust survivor and founder of the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge movement, will turn 100 this year. As she celebrates her centennial, the American Cancer Society is...
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Aug 9, 2007
Atlanta 2007/08/09 -Margot Freudenberg, a Holocaust survivor and founder of the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge movement, will turn 100 this year. As she celebrates her centennial, the...
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Jul 26, 2007
Atlanta 2007/07/26 -A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds a surprising number of Americans believe scientifically unsubstantiated claims concerning cancer, and that population...
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Jul 23, 2007
Atlanta 2007/07/23 -Newer drug therapies available since the 1990s, in particular aromatase inhibitors, improve the survival of women with metastatic breast cancer in the general population,...
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Jul 23, 2007
Atlanta 2007/07/23 -A follow up to a previous study on group therapy in breast cancer patients finds group therapy does not prolong the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. Published in...
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Jul 23, 2007Otis Webb Brawley, M.D. to Succeed Harmon J. Eyre, M.D
Atlanta 2007/07/23 -The American Cancer Society, the largest voluntary health organization in the United States and the world’s leading cancer control organization, today announced the...
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Jul 17, 2007
Washington 2007/07/17 -In the second year of their joint program to promote better pain control, the American Cancer Society, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure today...
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Jul 9, 2007
Atlanta 2007/07/09 -Though delays in the diagnosis of cancer in children are short and attributable to clinical presentation and healthcare system complexity, the impact of such delays on...
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Jul 9, 2007
Atlanta 2007/07/09 -African-American women are diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than Caucasians, according to a new, single hospital study. Published in the August 15, 2007 issue of...
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Jun 25, 2007
Atlanta 2007/06/25 -New adjuvant treatments for breast cancer are cost-effective at improving survival, according to two new studies. Published in the August 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a...
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Jun 13, 2007
Atlanta 2007/06/13 -On May 15, American Cancer Society CEO John Seffrin, Ph.D., joined leading scientific experts and health care visionaries in New York City to address the news media in...
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Jun 11, 2007
Atlanta 2007/06/11 -Two new studies find the uninsured and people with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer compared to those with...
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Jun 1, 2007
Atlanta 2007/06/01 -Cancer survivorship has been a prominent topic of conversation in recent months with the announcements of cancer recurrences by Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow, both of whom...
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May 31, 2007
Atlanta 2007/05/31 -Len Lichtenfeld, MD, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, recently spoke to radio stations about the importance of practicing sun safety. Dr....
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May 30, 2007
Atlanta 2007/05/30 -A new report released today documents the explosive growth of smoke-free air laws worldwide and finds that more than 200 million people are now protected by laws that require...