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Jul 7, 2010Enhanced Relay to Celebrate “Wishing on a Cure” Theme for 2010
ATLANTA – July 7, 2010 – The sixth annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life® of Second Life is set for July 17-18, 2010, as avatars representing cancer survivors, caregivers, their...
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Jul 7, 2010
The continued drop in overall cancer mortality rates over the last 20 years has averted more than three-quarters of a million (767,000) cancer deaths according to a new report from the American...
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Jun 23, 2010Strong Implementation of and Education about Affordable Care Act Critical for Cancer Community; Increased Access Coupled with Research Key to Progress in Beating Disease
A new poll illustrates the difficulty that cancer patients, survivors and their families face in affording needed health care and paying for other basic necessities such as food and heat,...
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Jun 17, 2010Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference Aims to Improve Quality of Life for Cancer Survivors and Their Families
Washington, D.C. — June 17, 2010 — More than 500 leading experts in cancer survivorship, including a number from countries outside the United States, have convened for Cancer Survivorship...
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Jun 3, 2010
The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.8 million in research grants to researchers at 12 institutions for studies aimed at reducing...
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Jun 3, 2010National Cancer Survivors Day®: A Milestone for Survivors and the American Cancer Society Hope LodgeSociety Kicks Off Month-long Celebration of Cancer Survivors
ATLANTA — June 3, 2010 — On Sunday, June 6, the American Cancer Society will join millions of Americans in honoring cancer survivors as part of the 23rd annual National Cancer Survivors Day,...
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Jun 2, 2010Annual National Event at Rochester, New York, Course Unites Coaches in Support of the American Cancer Society and its Vision of a World with Less Cancer and More Birthdays
ATLANTA – June 2, 2010 – The American Cancer Society will host its 11th annual Coaches vs. Cancer® Golf Invitational, Presented by Under Armour®, Sunday and Monday, June 13-14, at the...
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May 17, 2010
ATLANTA—May 17, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 152 new national research and...
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Apr 16, 2010In honor of National Volunteer Week, the Society launches new volunteer tool and invites America to join its pledge to volunteer in 2010
ATLANTA – April 16, 2010 – In celebration of the 37th annual National Volunteer Week (April 18 to April 24), the American Cancer Society, the Official Sponsor of Birthdays, recognizes the...
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Apr 14, 2010Data shows some progress in tobacco control, but Mexico still among top 20 countries with largest number of smokers
Mexico City, 14th April 2010 --- Today, the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation presented the Spanish version of The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition, which is now available globally....