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Apr 12, 2013Tickets on Sale for Benefit in Honor of The Society’s 100th Birthday
ATLANTA – April 12, 2013 – Tickets are now on sale for “An evening with Quincy Jones & Friends,” a concert benefitting the American Cancer Society’s 100th Birthday, on Thursday May 23 at...
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Apr 11, 2013Coordinated Efforts Needed to Close Gaps
An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds continuing challenges in changing behaviors and risk factors in order to reduce suffering and death from cancer. The report, Cancer Prevention &
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Apr 9, 2013Statement by John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society, on the Passing of Margot S. Freudenberg
ATLANTA — April 9, 2013 — “I was deeply saddened to learn today that Margot S. Freudenberg, who served the American Cancer Society as a volunteer for an extraordinary 71 years, died at her...
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Apr 8, 2013175 Research and Training Grants to Fund Investigators at 93 Institutions
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 175 national research and training grants totaling...
- Apr 5, 2013Coach Ryan has helped raise more than $1.5 million for the American Cancer Society since 2007
ATLANTA – April 5, 2013 – University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach, Bo Ryan, is the recipient of the 2013 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award, presented annually to a college coach who...
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Apr 1, 2013Fight Cancer In Style Lunch to Benefit Coaches vs. Cancer
WHAT: During the Final Four weekend in Atlanta, NCAA coaches’ wives and families won’t be sitting on the sidelines in the fight against cancer --- they’ll be taking center court through...
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Mar 22, 2013Cathy Hirsch, a 10-year breast cancer survivor, is New President of Reach to Recovery International
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – March 22, 2013 – Long-time American Cancer Society volunteer Cathy Hirsch has been appointed president of Reach to Recovery International, an organization that...
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Mar 4, 2013American Cancer Society Officially Launches its 100th Year with New Advertising
ATLANTA – March 4, 2013 – Today the American Cancer Society officially launched its 100th birthday campaign to finish the fight against cancer with new ads featuring award-winning artists Josh...
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Feb 28, 2013Increased Risk Seen in Women Who Start Smoking Before Having First Child
Results from a new American Cancer Society study support the hypothesis that smoking is associated with increased breast cancer risk for women who initiate smoking before first birth. The study,...
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Feb 25, 2013
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., American Cancer Society chief executive officer, responded to the news of the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "Dr. Koop was a dear friend and a giant in...