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Oct 6, 2010Largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 94 grants totaling $46.6 million in first of two grants cycles for 2011
ATLANTA—October 6, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 94 national research and...
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Sep 14, 2010Finding Likely Reflects Lower Access to Medical Care
ATLANTA – September 14, 2010 – A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds insurance status is strongly associated with disease severity among prostate cancer patients. The...
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Sep 14, 2010New Collaboration Tackles Cancer Disparities in African Americans
ATLANTA – September 14, 2010 – The American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), are teaming up with Alpha Kappa Alpha...
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Sep 13, 2010Keith Urban, Justin Bieber, Jack Johnson, Maurice Sendak and Eric Carle among well-known artists joining the next phase of the Society’s movement to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays
ATLANTA – September 13, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the official sponsor of birthdays, today announced details of a unique new campaign that marks the next phase of the Society’s...
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Sep 10, 2010Leading Research Program Has Funded 44 Nobel Prize Recipients
ATLANTA –September 10, 2010—Nineteen individuals with a strong personal interest in cancer have been chosen to participate in the American Cancer Society’s research grants peer review...
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Aug 23, 2010
A new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. Published early online in Cancer,...
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Aug 23, 2010
A new analysis has found that while colon cancer rates have remained steady over the past several decades among people under the age of 40, rectal cancer rates are increasing in this population...
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Aug 19, 2010Data shows some progress in tobacco control, but further action needed for China to meet international treaty commitments
Shenzhen, August 19, 2010 --- Today, the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation released the Chinese language version of The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition, which is now available...
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Aug 16, 2010Landmark report shows that cancer has the greatest economic impact from premature death and disability of all causes of death worldwide
ATLANTA — August 16, 2010 — For the first time, research shows that cancer has the most devastating economic impact of any cause of death in the world - costing the global economy nearly a...
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Jul 29, 2010
ATLANTA—July 29, 2010—Twenty-five years after publishing the mnemonic “ABCD” to facilitate the early diagnosis of melanoma, the group who came up with that moniker says early detection...