Press Releases
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Jun 14, 2012Growing, Aging Population & Increased Survival Driving Trend
ATLANTA – June 14, 2012 – The number of Americans with a history of cancer, currently estimated to be 13.7 million, will grow to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a first-ever report by...
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Jun 11, 2012
ATLANTA – June 11, 2012 – Tony Award-Winning Actress Idina Menzel has teamed up with the American Cancer Society during her national summer concert tour to support cancer awareness. Fans can...
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May 10, 2012New Site Hosts Journal-Based Activities for Professionals
The American Cancer Society, in partnership with Wiley-Blackwell and Wiley Health Learning, has launched a new site for journal-based continuing education (CE) activities for select articles in...
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May 9, 2012
ATLANTA – May 9, 2012– An editorial by Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calls for a...
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May 3, 2012Equal access to care could substantially reduce racial disparities in colorectal cancer
ATLANTA – May 3, 2012– A new study finds differences in screening account for more than 40 percent of the disparity in colorectal cancer incidence and nearly 20 percent of colorectal cancer...
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Apr 26, 2012New American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors
ATLANTA – April 26, 2012 – New guidelines from the American Cancer Society say for many cancers, maintaining a healthy weight, getting adequate physical activity, and eating a healthy diet can...
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Apr 25, 2012Founder of Medical School Dept. to receive 2012 Trish Greene Quality of Life Award
ATLANTA — April 25, 2012— David Cella, Ph.D., professor and founding chair of the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, has been...
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Apr 25, 2012Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Awards to be presented in Dallas in May
ATLANTA —April 25, 2012—Eleven outstanding cancer care providers including several oncologists and nurses, a hospice volunteer and a treatment navigator have been chosen to receive the 2012...
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Apr 18, 2012American Cancer Society Researchers Say Coordinated Efforts Needed to Close Gaps in Preventive Behavior
ATLANTA – April 19, 2012 –An annual report from the American Cancer Society says much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco...
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Apr 16, 2012One of Two Grant Cycles for 2012 Awards $51,965,000 to Investigators at 93 institutions nationwide
ATLANTA—April 17, 2012– The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 135 national research and...