Press Releases

More than 400 leading experts in cancer survivorship convened today for a conference, Cancer Survivorship Research: Translating Science to Care, to focus on such current concerns as how obesity...

ATLANTA — April 25, 2012— David Cella, Ph.D., professor and founding chair of the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, has been...

ATLANTA —April 25, 2012—Eleven outstanding cancer care providers including several oncologists and nurses, a hospice volunteer and a treatment navigator have been chosen to receive the 2012...

ATLANTA – April 12, 2012 – In celebration of the 39th annual National Volunteer Week (April 15-21), the American Cancer Society recognizes and celebrates the efforts of its more than three...

ATLANTA – April 11, 2012 – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research and training in the United States, has awarded twelve...

WASHINGTON, DC – March 8, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of the Surgeon General this morning released their 31st tobacco use report, titled...

Atlanta, GA – February 28, 2012 –The American Cancer Society is encouraging everyone to make a point to learn their family history of colon cancer, and reminding men and women 50 and older to...

ATLANTA – February 24, 2012 – Chicago has teamed up with the American Cancer Society for the third year in a row to give fans a chance to bid to sing with the legendary “rock and roll band...

ATLANTA – January 31, 2012 – The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, has hired Jacob “Jay” Ferro Jr. as its Chief Information Officer (CIO)....

ATLANTA, Jan. 9, 2012 - Nearly 4000 head and assistant basketball coaches across the U.S. are expected to swap their loafers for sneakers during the 9th annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers...