Press Releases

Some patients who died within one month of being newly diagnosed with metastatic cancer in the United States received ineffective surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal therapy according...

The American Cancer Society and Motiv announced a new collaboration to empower endurance athletes of all abilities to take a more proactive role in improving their personal health and helping to...

Two coaches and a youth basketball official are being honored by the American Cancer Society for their work to fund the fight against cancer. Penn State University head basketball coach Pat...

The latest edition of the American Cancer Society’s review on recent cancer prevention and early detection efforts in the United States finds there’s a long way to go in fully adopting...

A new American Cancer Society initiative is aiming to bring businesses and their customers together in the common goal of fighting cancer. Together vs. Cancer convenes companies across the country...

The American Cancer Society approves funding for 93 research and training grants totaling more than $40 million in first of two cycles for 2019.

For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity was associated with up to a nearly 50% reduction in mortality, according to a...

A new approach to cancer follow-up cancer is needed to meet the needs of the growing population of cancer survivors in the United States while addressing provider shortages and rising costs,...

The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC), and the American Cancer Society will join forces during...

A new report says without a national investment and commitment to transforming health care delivery in the United States, many people will not benefit from the substantial progress in reducing the...

ATLANTA – Feb. 19, 2019 –The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), an organization co-founded by the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...

Although African Americans still bear a disproportionate share of the cancer burden, a new report finds the black-white gap has closed considerably over the past several decades. Cancer Statistics...

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research grants, and the American Cancer Society (ACS), a health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer,...

A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively...

A steady, 25-year decline has resulted in a 27% drop in the overall cancer death rate in the United States, translating to approximately 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths between 1991 and 2016. The...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) welcomes a new global ambassador, actress Vanessa Hudgens, who is participating in an exclusive Super Bowl LIII weekend package to raise critical funds to fight...

A new study looking at the share of cancers related to obesity finds an at least 1.5-fold difference between states with the highest and lowest proportions. The proportion of cancer cases that...

Policies, economic systems, and marketing practices that promote the consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor food, changing behavioral patterns that couple high total energy intake with...

The American Cancer Society welcomes newly elected members and key officer leadership positions to the Board of Directors, with all terms beginning on Jan. 1, 2019. "We are pleased to announce all...

The American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network join the nation and the world in mourning the passing and celebrating the life of President George H.W. Bush.

Cancer screening has contributed substantially to reduced incidence, morbidity, and mortality, but issues like access and quality care and have kept screening from fulfilling its full...

A large American Cancer Society study links social isolation with a higher risk of death from all causes combined and heart disease for all races studied, and with increased cancer mortality in...

November 13, 2018 (New York, USA) – Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans continue to die every year from tobacco-related disease, according to the American Cancer Society and Vital...

For the 43rd annual Great American Smokeout® on Thursday, November 15, 2018, the event takes on a new theme: "Day 1," reflecting the event's evolution from quitting for the day to the recognition...

Growing numbers of cancer survivors, provider shortages, rising health care costs, and socio-economic disparities in health outcomes have created an urgent need to provide coordinated,...