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Nov 1, 2019November is Lung Cancer Awareness MonthFor Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, the American Cancer Society is reminding the public — and clinicians — that signs and symptoms of lung cancer should not be ignored based on a lack of a history of smoking.
Oct 30, 2019Professional Football Players Mothers Association Announces Collaboration with American Cancer Society to fund the fight against cancerThe American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Professional Football Players Mothers Association (PFPMA) have announced a new partnership to support cancer prevention, research and education. The...
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Oct 29, 2019Latest in American Cancer Society’s Blueprint for Cancer Control series
A new report outlines the critical role social determinants play in shaping population health, highlighting that health disparities are systemic, and cut across multiple population...
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Oct 28, 2019Cookbook contains 50 easy-to-prepare recipes for healthy living
Quick & Healthy: 50 Simple, Delicious Recipes for Every Day is the newest cookbook from the American Cancer Society. It offers 50 simple, easy-to-prepare recipes that make it easy to cook a...
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Oct 17, 2019Study links problems understanding health insurance, medical bills to higher rates of reported hardship
A new American Cancer Society study links health insurance literacy with medical financial hardship as well as non-medical financial sacrifices among adult cancer survivors in the United States....
Oct 16, 2019Third Edition of Cancer Atlas highlights patterns and inequities in cancer burden around the worldThe Cancer Atlas, 3rd edition, a comprehensive global overview of cancer around the globe, concludes that progress in the fight against cancer is not only possible, but achievable. The report was...
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Oct 10, 2019Second round of American Cancer Society/Melanoma Research Alliance partnership
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) have selected two new promising projects to fund under a second partnership between ACS & MRA. The first grants funded...
Oct 7, 2019Honor brings number of Society funded Nobel Laureates to 49Two American Cancer Society grantees are among three recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. William G. Kaelin Jr and Gregg L. Semenza were awarded along with Sir Peter J....
Oct 7, 2019Leading the Movement are Celebrity Ambassador Teams of DJ Khaled's "We The Best," French Montana & Nalie Agustin's "Team Unforgettable," Jhenè Aiko & Kerby Jean-Raymond's "Team Yagi-san," and Kristin Chenoweth's "For the Girls"The American Cancer Society (ACS) is teaming up with celebrity ambassadors this month to encourage their families, friends, fans and followers alike to "Get #YOUnited" in the fight against breast...
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Oct 3, 2019Statement from Gary Reedy, Chief Executive Officer
"This is a victory for public health, corporate responsibility, and customers. I applaud Schnucks’ decision to stop selling tobacco products. It shows, without question, that fighting cancer is...