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The American Cancer Society has approved funding for 89 new Extramural Discovery Science research grants totaling $54.3 million

Through the “Crucial Catch: Intercept Cancer” initiative, the American Cancer Society and the National Football League (NFL) have teamed up to fight cancer and save...

Dr. Karen Knudsen, Chief Executive Officer at the American Cancer Society: “Preventive cancer screenings are the best and most trusted way to save lives. That’s why the American Cancer Society...

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michele Money-Carson, Michele.Money-Carson@cancer.org Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, was one of three scientists to be awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier...

While breast cancer death rates dropped by 43% from 1989 to 2020, Black women continue to be 40% more likely to die from the disease despite lower incidence. These findings are outlined in the latest edition of American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Statistics, 2022, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians alongside its consumer-friendly companion, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2022-2024.

New findings led by American Cancer Society researchers show cancer survivors who delayed care due to lack of transportation were more likely to use the emergency room. They also had the highest risks of all-cause and cancer-specific mortality.

New findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society ACS and the Johns Hopkins University show historical housing discrimination negatively affects contemporary colon cancer care and outcomes.

Findings reported by researchers at the American Cancer Society and the Johns Hopkins University show that area-level mortgage discrimination is adversely associated with receipt of guideline-concordant non-small cell lung cancer care for cancer patients in the United States.

New data reported by researchers at the American Cancer Society shows Medicaid expansion was associated with increases in the use of palliative care among individuals with newly diagnosed stage IV cancer, although overall usage of palliative care was low.

Prostate cancer survivors originally diagnosed with metastatic disease experience significantly worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than men diagnosed with early-stage disease and men without a cancer history across all domains, according to new findings by researchers at the American Cancer Society .