Press Releases

A new American Cancer Society study finds health insurance coverage disruptions in the prior year led to issues with healthcare access and affordability for currently insured cancer survivors. The...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Cancer Society and U.S. Representative Colin Allred, in partnership with Professional Football Players Mothers Association...

ATLANTA (August 28, 2020) – BrightEdge, LLC today announced a second investment in Freenome, a San Francisco-based biotechnology company pioneering comprehensive multiomics platform for early...

The American Cancer Society has launched a COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO to share up-to-date information with non-paid caregivers about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the care of cancer patients....

The American Cancer Society and Emerson Collective have launched a partnership to support innovative, collaborative research projects using TheoryLab®, the American Cancer Society’s online...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), support efforts to make nutrition...

Three American Cancer Society researchers will receive the Real-World Data Impact Award to advance patient-centric research, the ACS and Flatiron Health announced today. The researchers, already...

Four leading cancer investigators are recipients of the American Cancer Society research professorship, a lifelong designation accompanied by a five-year award totaling $400,000. The awards are...

The American Cancer Society has never faced a threat to our mission like COVID-19. The pandemic has severely reduced our fundraising revenue and forced us to take significant cost-saving measures....

BrightEdge, LLC, the American Cancer Society’s philanthropic impact fund, today announced its participation in the Series C funding round of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals.

The American Cancer Society has updated its guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention, with adjustments to reflect the most current evidence. The updated recommendations...

The American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network are saddened and distressed by the circumstances leading to the unrest in our nation in the aftermath of the death of...

As states begin opening beaches, parks, and public areas, “Don’t Fry Day,” the Friday before Memorial Day, is an opportunity to remind people that sun safety remains important. To help...

A survey of American Cancer Society grantees finds more than half report their cancer research has been halted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Cancer Society reached out to all...

The American Cancer Society is inviting participants in its ongoing Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3) to use a new app to help investigators track the COVID-19 epidemic and inform future research...

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 79 research and training grants totaling...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, today the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced that its Hope Lodge facilities around the country will be made available for health care workers on the...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen, we’ve been forced to make the very difficult decision to suspend operations for our Hope Lodge program. Hope Lodge is an important resource for...

ATLANTA—January 29, 2019—The New England Journal of Medicine today published the results of the Dutch-Belgian lung cancer screening trial (NELSON). The large trial of more than 15,000 men...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Flatiron Health today announced the launch of the American Cancer Society & Flatiron Health Real-World Data Impact Award. This joint grant-making program...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) today announced an update to the organization’s position on electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes. The revision seeks to clarify ACS guidelines in...

Smoking rates have dropped so dramatically in the U.S. that many people can go days, weeks, or even months without being exposed to tobacco smoke. But while smoking has begun to disappear from the...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) have selected two new promising projects to fund under a second partnership between ACS & MRA. The first grants funded...

Two American Cancer Society grantees are among three recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. William G. Kaelin Jr and Gregg L. Semenza were awarded along with Sir Peter J....

"This is a victory for public health, corporate responsibility, and customers. I applaud Schnucks’ decision to stop selling tobacco products. It shows, without question, that fighting cancer is...

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 75 research and training grants totaling...

William G. Cance, M.D., has been selected as the American Cancer Society’s chief medical and scientific officer. Dr. Cance will lead the integration of ACS’ Research and Cancer Control...

Today the American Cancer Society honors volunteers with the 2019 American Cancer Society St. George National Award, given to outstanding community volunteers in recognition of their distinguished...

Today the American Cancer Society honors the winners of the 2019 American Cancer Society Volunteer Staff Partnership Award, a national honor in recognition of a volunteer and staff team that has...

University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball head coach Roy Williams has been awarded the 2019 Circle of Honor Award, a prestigious national honor within the Coaches vs. Cancer® program. The...

In a new collaboration, the American Cancer Society and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance have joined forces to fund multidisciplinary research projects to explore new ways of detecting, treating,...

"Dr. Lynch was a true pioneer in the study of inherited genomic risk...."

Gary Reedy, chief executive officer, on the death of LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., MD, FACS, former president and Honorary Life Member of the American Cancer Society.

Coach Lon Kruger has reached a major milestone in philanthropy. In 2008, Las Vegas wasn’t yet home to the NHL, NFL or a myriad of college championships. However, Lon Kruger and fellow NCAA...

Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) is partnering with the American Cancer Society for the third consecutive year on a nationwide initiative to promote sun safety measures and educate baseball fans...

The Merck Foundation has awarded a $1.99 million, five-year grant to ACS to improve support and access to care for people living with cancer in low-and-middle-income countries

The American Cancer Society has set a challenge goal to reduce overall cancer mortality 40% between 2015 and 2035, a goal set by applying favorable cancer mortality trends among college graduates...

The American Cancer Society broke ground today on a Hope Lodge facility in Dallas, offering cancer patients and their caregivers a home away from home while traveling to receive care from any of...

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.

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,...

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 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 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...

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,...

ATLANTA – October 1, 2018– The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 74 research...

September 4, 2018—The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) have selected the first project to be funded under a recently launched partnership to...

August 29, 2018--The American Cancer Society has hired Bob Crutchfield as the managing director of BrightEdge Ventures. The American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest private, not-for-profit...