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Jul 12, 2019Report says transferring treatment; eliminating out-of-network insurance charges should be considered
Lung cancer patients who had a hurricane disaster declared during radiotherapy had worse overall survival than those who completed treatment in normal circumstances, with longer disaster...
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Jul 8, 2019Study adds to evidence other factors driving increase
A new study finds that trends in colonoscopy rates did not fully align with the increase in colorectal cancer (CRC) in younger adults, adding to evidence that the rise in early onset CRC is not...
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Jul 3, 2019New analysis identifies which cancers and which states are associated with the greatest cost
Cancer took more than 8.7 million years of life and $94.4 billion in lost earnings among people ages 16 to 84 in the United States in 2015. The calculation comes from a new report by American...
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Jun 20, 2019One in six survivors reported pain restricting daily functioning
A new report finds about one in three cancer survivors (34.6%) reported having chronic pain, representing nearly 5.4 million cancer survivors in the United States. The report, appearing as a...
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Jun 14, 2019Award caps off golf event to benefit the American Cancer Society and St. Baldrick’s Foundation
University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball head coach Roy Williams has been awarded the 2019 Circle of Honor Award, a prestigious national honor within the Coaches vs. Cancer® program. The...
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Jun 13, 2019Four multidisciplinary teams to be funded to study survivorship
In a new collaboration, the American Cancer Society and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance have joined forces to fund multidisciplinary research projects to explore new ways of detecting, treating,...
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Jun 13, 2019Study suggests the notion of higher triple-negative breast cancer incidence among black women is not generalizable
A new study finds substantial variation in the prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer among black women with breast cancer by birthplace in the United States. The prevalence of...
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Jun 11, 2019Growing and aging population will increase cancer survivor count despite trends in incidence
There were more than 16.9 million Americans with a history of cancer on January 1, 2019, a number that is projected to reach more than 22.1 million by 2030 based on the growth and aging of the...
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Jun 11, 2019Grant to fund expansion of cancer NGO capacity building efforts globally
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has received a grant from EMD Serono Inc., the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the U.S. and Canada, to improve data management for its...
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Jun 4, 2019Statement from Gary Reedy, chief executive officer.
"Dr. Lynch was a true pioneer in the study of inherited genomic risk...."