Press Releases

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 &

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...

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...

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...

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...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – March 22, 2013 – Long-time American Cancer Society volunteer Cathy Hirsch has been appointed president of Reach to Recovery International, an organization that...

ATLANTA – March 4, 2013 – Today the American Cancer Society officially launched its 100th birthday campaign to finish the fight against cancer with new ads featuring award-winning artists Josh...

Results from a new American Cancer Society study support the hypothesis that smoking is associated with increased breast cancer risk for women who initiate smoking before first birth. The study,...

John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., American Cancer Society chief executive officer, responded to the news of the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "Dr. Koop was a dear friend and a giant in...

ATLANTA – February 25, 2013 – Ginny Snyder-Ashman of Pennsylvania was diagnosed with stage IIA colon cancer at the age of 51. She went to the doctor complaining of stomach pains and ended up...

ATLANTA-- February 5, 2013 -- The cancer death rate for men declined faster among African Americans than among whites in the latest time period, narrowing the racial disparity in overall cancer...

ATLANTA — January 30, 2013-- The day someone is diagnosed with cancer is a day they begin a journey filled with many new and sometimes puzzling experiences. While medical experts can provide the...

Coaches vs. Cancer – a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches – will celebrate the 2013 Suits and Sneakers Corporate...

ATLANTA – January 23, 2013—Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years...

From January 25-27, more than 4,000 college and high school basketball coaches across the United States will be making much more than just a fashion statement when they sport tennis shoes with...

ATLANTA— January 22, 2013— From January 25-27, over 4,000 college and high school basketball coaches across the United States will be making much more than just a fashion statement when they...

As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer,...

ATLANTA –January 11, 2013—New guidelines from the American Cancer Society say evidence is sufficient to recommend screening high risk patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography...

The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009 shows that overall cancer death rates continued to decline in the United States among both men and women, among all major...

ATLANTA – Dec 10, 2012 – Michael J. Thun, MD, MS, vice president emeritus of the American Cancer Society Surveillance and Epidemiology Research program will retire at the end of 2012. Dr. Thun...

ATLANTA – December 10, 2012—A new American Cancer Society study finds a strong inverse association between caffeinated coffee intake and oral/pharyngeal cancer mortality. The authors say...

ATLANTA— November 26, 2012— Cancer survivors from all walks of life responded to a New York Times request to send in a photo and answer the question, “how is your life different after...

ATLANTA— November 16, 2012— The American Cancer Society – the nation’s leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental investor in cancer research – has conferred its...

ATLANTA— November 16, 2012— Four Americans whose exceptional talents and commitment have helped make progress in the fight against cancer today received prestigious awards from the American...

ATLANTA — November 16, 2012— Charles von Gunten, M.D., Ph.D., oncologist and founder of one of the earliest academic hospital palliative care programs at Northwestern University Medical School...