Press Releases
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Feb 19, 2019Award honors individuals and organizations contributing to fight against colorectal cancer
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,...
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Feb 7, 2019Groundbreaking partnership aims to raise $11 million to fund the most innovative and cutting-edge research
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,...
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Jan 8, 2019Racial gap narrowing while socioeconomic inequalities widen
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...
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Dec 1, 2018
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.
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Nov 19, 2018Latest installment in ACS’s blueprint for cancer control
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...
