Press Releases

Washington 2007/07/17 -In the second year of their joint program to promote better pain control, the American Cancer Society, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure today...

Atlanta 2007/07/09 -Though delays in the diagnosis of cancer in children are short and attributable to clinical presentation and healthcare system complexity, the impact of such delays on...

Atlanta 2007/07/09 -African-American women are diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than Caucasians, according to a new, single hospital study. Published in the August 15, 2007 issue of...

Atlanta 2007/06/25 -New adjuvant treatments for breast cancer are cost-effective at improving survival, according to two new studies. Published in the August 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a...

Atlanta 2007/06/13 -On May 15, American Cancer Society CEO John Seffrin, Ph.D., joined leading scientific experts and health care visionaries in New York City to address the news media in...

Atlanta 2007/06/11 -Two new studies find the uninsured and people with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer compared to those with...

Atlanta 2007/06/01 -Cancer survivorship has been a prominent topic of conversation in recent months with the announcements of cancer recurrences by Elizabeth Edwards and Tony Snow, both of whom...

Atlanta 2007/05/31 -Len Lichtenfeld, MD, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, recently spoke to radio stations about the importance of practicing sun safety. Dr....

Atlanta 2007/05/30 -A new report released today documents the explosive growth of smoke-free air laws worldwide and finds that more than 200 million people are now protected by laws that require...

Atlanta 2007/05/25 -The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children....