Press Releases
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Nov 13, 2014Former Health and Human Services Official Will Lead Prevention and Early Detection Programs
The American Cancer Society announced today that Rosemarie "Rosie" Henson, senior advisor to the assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will join...
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Nov 10, 2014
ATLANTA – November 10, 2014 –Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and...
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Oct 30, 2014
Durham, N.C. – October 22, 2014— James A. Tulsky, M.D., chief of Duke Palliative Care and professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University, has been named the 2014 recipient of the...
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Oct 9, 2014Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit cancer research funder awards 83 grants totaling $44 million in second of two cycles for 2014
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 83 national research and training grants totaling $44...
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Oct 8, 2014Study is largest to date to investigate issue
ATLANTA – October 8, 2014 – A study from American Cancer Society researchers finds the increased risk of premature death associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) is similar for African...
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Oct 3, 2014Lee National Denim Day® Urges People Nationwide to Wear Jeans Today And Donate $5 to Fund The American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Research And Support Services
Lee® Jeans encourages people to celebrate Lee National Denim Day today by putting on their jeans and donating $5 to the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer. Lee National Denim...
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Sep 23, 2014
ATLANTA – September 23, 2014 –A new American Cancer Society study suggests that participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the food stamp...
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Sep 18, 2014Recipients Scheduled to Be Announced in Spring 2015
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is now accepting submissions of ideas for the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)-American Cancer Society Lung Cancer Translational Research Dream Team...
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Sep 3, 2014Statement from John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO of the American Cancer Society on CVS Health’s Newly Tobacco-free Stores
Below is a statement from John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO of the American Cancer Society on CVS Health’s Newly Tobacco-free Stores: "When CVS Health announced its plans earlier this year to halt the...
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Aug 27, 2014
August 27, 2014—Three locations will each receive $100,000 in funding to launch pilot programs to improve colorectal cancer screening rates and follow-up care for patients served by community...