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Nov 30, 2023Initiative will increase access to lung cancer screening for all patients, with a focus on communities with historical inequitiesATLANTA, Nov. 30, 2023 – The American Cancer Society (ACS) proudly announces the expansion of its Get Screened initiative, to increase lung cancer screening rates by partnering with local health...
Nov 27, 2023ACS CARES (Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support) offers people with cancer and caregivers quality information and one-on one support in a convenient mobile appATLANTA, November 27, 2023 – Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) widely launched ACS CARES (Community Access to Resources, Education, and Support), a new multi-channel, customizable program...
Nov 20, 2023A Pathway to Coverage Once Tests Show Clinical Benefit a Critical Next StepWASHINGTON, DC – November 20, 2023 – Grail, LLC announced this morning that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an...
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Washington, D.C. – Nov. 17, 2023 -- W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, will serve as the National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s new director. This role is critical to ensuring ongoing innovation in...
Nov 16, 2023Through evidence-based smoking cessation programs like Empowered to Quit, the event offers an opportunity to commit to healthier living and provides support for overcoming tobacco addictionATLANTA, November 16, 2023 – In an effort to combat the leading cause of preventable death, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is hosting this year’s Great American Smokeout, encouraging people...
Nov 16, 2023American Cancer Society researchers also found declines highest in racial and ethnic populationsATLANTA, November 16, 2023 — A new report led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer incidence rates declined for...
Nov 16, 2023Free screening access program supports updated ACS guideline for the 20 million Americans who smoke or previously smokedATLANTA AND SAN FRANCISCO - November 16, 2023 – The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Color Health today announced plans to provide a convenient, free screening access program for the almost 20...
Nov 14, 2023Cancer disparities by socioeconomic status within each race are larger than disparities by raceATLANTA, November 14, 2023 — In a new, biennial report on the status of cancer disparities in the United States led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), mortality from all-cancer...
Nov 13, 2023American Cancer Society Awards 131 New Research and Career Development Grants Totaling $64.5 MillionNation's largest non-government, non-profit funder of cancer research also announces recipients of the ACS Research Professor AwardATLANTA, November 13, 2023 – The American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest non-government, non-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 131 new...
Nov 9, 2023Hundreds of facilities across the country will open their doors Saturday, Nov. 11th to accommodate veterans and the public at large to get screened and raise awareness about lung cancer screeningATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2023 – On the heels of American Cancer Society’s (ACS) updated lung cancer screening guideline, the ACS National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT) launches the second Annual...
Nov 9, 2023American Cancer Society researchers stress more studies are needed to determine full extent of cancer care disruption during the pandemicATLANTA, November 9, 2023 — A large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows there were approximately 100,000 fewer cancer surgeries performed during the first months...
Nov 9, 2023The association is strongest for younger women and women in urban areasATLANTA, November 9, 2023 — New findings led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers show that breast cancer screening is higher for some low-income women who receive government housing...
Nov 8, 2023Researchers from the American Cancer Society stress the need to dismantle structural racism and advance health equityATLANTA, November 8, 2023 — In a new, large national hospital-based study, researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), found individuals racialized as Black in the United States with...
Nov 1, 2023For the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society aims to reduce lung cancer deaths with updated screening recommendations
Oct 30, 2023Two-Year Program to Expedite Important Cancer Research Breakthroughs for Patients and Their FamiliesDALLAS, October 30, 2023 – BrightEdge LLC, the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) venture capital and impact investment arm, received its largest donation to date from Dallas-based Lyda Hill...
Oct 28, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 28, 2023 — A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows state Medicaid expansion status was associated with higher screening for colorectal and breast...
Oct 28, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 28, 2023 — In two new abstracts by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), crowdfunding campaigns, like GoFundMe, are being used by survivors of cancer in the United...
Oct 28, 2023New Study Highlights Impact of Federal and State Policies on Insurance Coverage and Cancer DiagnosisThe American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 28, 2023 — A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that while the percentage of late-stage diagnoses decreased since 2018 across the United...
Oct 28, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 28, 2023 — A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that adults in the United States with stage IV cancer living in nonmetropolitan,...
Oct 28, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 28, 2023 — A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that adults in the United States with prior insurance coverage disruptions are significantly...
Oct 27, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 27, 2023 — New research by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the University of California, San Francisco, shows individuals in the United States undergoing...
Oct 27, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 27, 2023 — A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), shows only about a quarter of individuals newly diagnosed...
Oct 27, 2023The American Cancer Society led research to be presented at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care SymposiumATLANTA, October 27, 2023 — A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) showed among patients receiving outpatient cancer treatment in two sites (the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix,...
Oct 19, 2023Researchers from the American Cancer Society stress the need for interventions to reduce adverse effects of living alone and social isolationATLANTA, October 19, 2023 — In new findings from a large, nationally representative study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), adults living alone in the United States were...
Oct 12, 2023Researchers from the American Cancer Society stress the need for strengthening cigarette smoking cessation programsReversing historical patterns, new findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) show higher lung cancer incidence in women than in men has not only continued in adults younger than 50 years, but now extends to women 50 to 54 years of age in the United States.