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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 percentATLANTA – 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...
- Oct 3, 20112011 Awards Bring Number of Society Funded Laureates to 46
ATLANTA – October 3, 2011—Two of the three scientists receiving the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology are former American Cancer Society research grantees, bringing the number of...
- Jun 21, 2011
The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $2 million in research grants to researchers at 12 institutions for studies aimed at reducing...