Press Releases

Atlanta 2007/10/22 -A patient's positive or negative emotional state has no direct or indirect effect on cancer survival or disease progression, according to a large scale new study. Published in...

Today is National Mammography Day, and the American Cancer Society is urging women 40 and older to get a yearly mammogram, especially in light of recent data suggesting a decline in mammography...

Atlanta 2007/10/15 -A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows cancer death rates decreased on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual...

Atlanta 2007/10/09 -Two of the three scientists receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine received funding from the American Cancer Society early in their careers, bringing to 42...

Atlanta 2007/10/08 -A new study finds treatment for breast cancer differs between African-American women and white women, though the differences are partly dependent on insurance type. The study...

Atlanta 2007/10/08 -Patients perceive no significant change in the quality of care for cancer since the United States’ government passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and...

Atlanta 2007/09/24 -Different types of personalized interventions can improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in primary care practices, according to a new study. Writing in the November...

Atlata 2007/09/24 -Recent investigations of medications, diet and the molecular understanding of prostate cancer are defining potential prevention strategies for the disease, and herald a new...

Atlanta 2007/09/17 -The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, today announced a major nationwide initiative to call attention to the urgent need for...

Atlanta 2007/09/12 -A new review says phytoestrogens may have both a protective role and a stimulatory role in breast cancer cell growth depending on several factors, including at what age...