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  • Jun 6, 2018
    Mission: HPV Cancer Free aims to increase vaccination rates among boys and girls to 80%

    The American Cancer Society (ACS) is committing to work towards eliminating cervical cancer in the United States in the next 40 years by increasing HPV vaccination rates and continued screening....

  • May 30, 2018
    Change comes in response to increasing incidence in young and middle-aged populations

    An updated American Cancer Society guideline says colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 45 for people at average risk, based in part on data showing rates of colorectal cancer are...

  • May 29, 2018

    A new report from the American Cancer Society provides an overview of ovarian cancer occurrence and mortality data. Ovarian Cancer Statistics, 2018 is published early online in CA: A Cancer...

  • May 23, 2018

    A collaborative study between the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute finds rates of lung cancer, historically higher among men than women, have flipped among whites and...

  • May 10, 2018
    American Cancer Society and Melanoma Research Alliance Fund Five Innovative Approaches

    As the world marks Melanoma Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) selected the first group of scientists to receive newly established research...