Press Releases
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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...
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May 25, 2007
Atlanta 2007/05/25 -The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children....
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May 14, 2007
Atlanta 2007/05/14 -Since 2000 mammography rates have declined significantly in the United States, according to a new study. Published in the June 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal...
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May 14, 2007
Arlanta 2007/05/14 -While one in four cancer survivors participates in a support group after diagnosis, use of support groups varies considerably by cancer type, and few survivors receive...
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May 1, 2007
Atlanta 2007/05/01 -The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.5 million in research grants to researchers at ten institutions for studies...
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Apr 25, 2007
Atlanta 2007/04/25 -The American Cancer Society is launching a major new cancer research study that may be the ‘last best chance’ to do large-scale population research in the United States to...
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Apr 23, 2007
Atlanta 2007/04/23 -A new study says targeting smaller (5 mm or less) lesions does little to significantly reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) and, in fact, results in extremely high...
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Apr 23, 2007
Atlanta 2007/04/23 -Correcting social, economic and healthcare inequalities may have the most significant impact in reducing survival differences in colorectal cancer (CRC) between African...
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Apr 20, 2007Student volunteer committee has decided to continue with the event as planned
BLACKSBURG 2007/04/20 -Editorial Note: In reverence of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, limited media will be permitted into the Relay For Life event on April 20. A media check-in station will be...
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Apr 19, 2007American Cancer Society Hosts Second Cancer Disparities Research Conference in New Orleans, April 19-20
Despite a reported decline in cancer deaths earlier this year, minorities still experience disproportionately higher incidences of cancer as well as other diseases. Today, the American Cancer...
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Apr 17, 2007
Atlanta 2007/04/17 -A new American Cancer Society study finds men and women who used adult-strength aspirin (325 mg or more) daily for five or more years had an approximately 15 percent lower rate...