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Apr 12, 2012National Volunteer Week is April 15 -21
ATLANTA – April 12, 2012 – In celebration of the 39th annual National Volunteer Week (April 15-21), the American Cancer Society recognizes and celebrates the efforts of its more than three...
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Apr 11, 2012April 15-21 is National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
ATLANTA – April 11, 2012 – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research and training in the United States, has awarded twelve...
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Apr 10, 2012Experts recommend surveillance approach to rehabilitative care
ATLANTA—April 10, 2012—A new supplement in the journal Cancer outlines an innovative model to address a wide range of physical issues faced by women with breast cancer and offers hope for...
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Apr 9, 2012
ATLANTA—April 9, 2012—A new report by American Cancer Society scientists says new data showing aspirin’s potential role in reducing the risk of cancer death bring us considerably closer to...
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Mar 28, 2012
ATLANTA--March 28, 2012-- Death rates from all cancers combined for men, women, and children continued to decline in the United States between 2004 and 2008, according to the Annual Report to the...
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Mar 21, 2012
*In 2010, tobacco industry’s profit was equivalent to US$6,000 for each death caused by tobacco. * Since the 1st Tobacco Atlas in 2002, almost 50 million people have died from tobacco. * 43...
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Mar 15, 2012Nine Leaders to Receive Distinguished 2012 Luther L. Terry Awards
ATLANTA – March 15, 2012 – Tobacco control experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom will be recognized at the 2012 Luther L. Terry Awards for...
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Mar 14, 2012Recommendations Aim to Reduce Harms without Reducing Benefits of Screening
ATLANTA – March 14, 2012 –The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have...
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Mar 8, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC – March 8, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of the Surgeon General this morning released their 31st tobacco use report, titled...
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Feb 28, 2012March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Atlanta, GA – February 28, 2012 –The American Cancer Society is encouraging everyone to make a point to learn their family history of colon cancer, and reminding men and women 50 and older to...