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Jun 14, 2012Growing, Aging Population & Increased Survival Driving TrendATLANTA – June 14, 2012 – The number of Americans with a history of cancer, currently estimated to be 13.7 million, will grow to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a first-ever report by...
- Apr 11, 2012April 15-21 is National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
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...
- Dec 22, 2011American Cancer Society Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Mortality Dropping Slower in African AmericansFor distant stage, decreases were 32.6 percent versus 4.6 percent
ATLANTA – December 22, 2011 – A new study finds that while colorectal cancer mortality rates dropped in the most recent two decades for every stage in both African Americans and whites, the...
- Oct 11, 2011Judy Lentz, R.N., M.S.N. to Receive Pathfinder in Palliative Care Award
ATLANTA — October 11, 2011— Judy Lentz, R.N., M.S.N, chief executive officer of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, is the 2011 recipient of the American Cancer Society Pathfinder...
- Oct 6, 2011
ATLANTA –October 6, 2011– A new study finds liver cancer incidence rates continue to increase in some low-risk parts of the world such as North America, and are decreasing in some of the...