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  • Oct 28, 2016
    HPV vaccination may help curb surging burden of the disease

    October 28, 2016– A new American Cancer Society study finds that incidence of anal cancer has been increasing in women or in both men and women in 13 of 18 countries studied, particularly in the...

  • Oct 18, 2016
    Lung cancer was by far the largest contributor of the loss of healthy years

    ATLANTA – October 18, 2016– A new study from American Cancer Society reseaerchers finds eleven of the 15 cancers with the most impact on healthy years of life lost in the United States are...

  • Oct 17, 2016
    Advocacy affiliate calls on Congress and state lawmakers to provide necessary funding and take swift action to act to begin implementing recommendations

    Washington, D.C.—October 17, 2016—Today the National Cancer Moonshot Task Force and Vice President Biden released recommendations aimed at accelerating progress in cancer in the next five...

  • Oct 3, 2016
    Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit cancer research funder awards 87 grants totaling $45,084,486 million in second of two cycles for 2016

    ATLANTA – October 3, 2016– The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 87 research...

  • Sep 8, 2016
    Analysis Highlights the Importance of Safeguarding Long-term Health of Pediatric Cancer Survivors

    Atlanta –September 8, 2016 – A first of its kind joint report today from the American Cancer Society and Alliance for Childhood Cancer compiles the latest information related to pediatric...

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