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Oct 7, 20132013 Honor Brings Number of Society Funded Laureates to 47ATLANTA – October 7, 2013—James E. Rothman, one of three scientists receiving the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, is a former American Cancer Society research grantee, bringing the...
- Oct 4, 2013Walking an hour per day associated with lower risk
ATLANTA –October 4, 2013—A large new American Cancer Society study adds to increasing evidence that physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Researchers say...
- Oct 1, 2013Rates increasing among African-Americans; reasons unclear
ATLANTA -- Breast cancer incidence rates increased slightly among African American women from 2006 to 2010, bringing those rates closer to the historically higher rates among white women,...
- Sep 17, 2013
Walgreens and its Customers Enable $6.4 Million Gift to Assist with Community-Based Cancer Education and Screening Programs ATLANTA, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Cancer...
- Sep 4, 2013Sally G. Cowal Brings Health, Government and Nonprofit Experience to New Role
ATLANTA – September 4, 2013 – The American Cancer Society has named Sally G. Cowal, a former U.S. ambassador and U.S. Foreign Service Officer, senior vice president, Global Health. Cowal...
- Aug 13, 2013
ATLANTA – August 13, 2013 –American Cancer Society volunteers in Australia, Canada and South Africa are the recipients of the Society’s first-ever global ‘Spirit of Relay’ awards...
- Jul 31, 2013Philadelphia Physician to Become Senior-Most Staff Leader of the Society’s National and Global Cancer Control Initiatives
ATLANTA – July 31, 2013—Richard C. Wender, M.D., will join the American Cancer Society in a new position created as part of the Society’s work to align resources to focus on the most...
Jul 17, 2013ATLANTA – July 17, 2013 – As part of a transformative reorganization effort designed to save even more lives from cancer, the American Cancer Society has added a Chief Revenue and Marketing...
- Jun 27, 2013Chile Has Highest Smoking Rate in Latin America-Women and Girls Face Imminent Health Threat According to 4th Edition of The Tobacco Atlas
Santiago, Chile – June 27, 2013 – Latin American countries are facing an increasing risk from tobacco-related deaths and disease according to the American Cancer Society and World Lung...
- Jun 26, 2013Impact Factor for CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Hits Unprecedented High
ATLANTA – June 26, 2013– The American Cancer Society flagship journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, has been ranked with the highest impact factor on record for any journal recorded in...