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May 9, 2023
ATLANTA, 9 de mayo de 2023 — La Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer (ACS, por sus siglas en inglés) considera que las nuevas recomendaciones preliminares emitidas hoy para la detección del...
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May 5, 2023
ATLANTA – May 5, 2023 - The American Cancer Society (ACS) commends the surgeon general for issuing an advisory on the healing effects of social connection and community. We strongly support this...
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May 2, 2023Latest American Cancer Society Prevention and Early Detection study also shows disparities persisted during pandemic
In a new report, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers discovered both favorable and unfavorable changes in major cancer risk factors, preventive behaviors and services, and screenings in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apr 25, 2023Researchers stress the need to adopt value-based, patient-centered approaches that address this critical issue to cancer treatment and care
New research from scientists at the American Cancer Society found delayed care due to lack of transportation is associated with increased emergency room use and mortality risk among adults with and without cancer history.
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Apr 20, 2023Methodist Healthcare Ministries Announces up to $11 Million Gift to Build New Hope Lodge
ATLANTA, April 20, 2023 - The American Cancer Society recently received a gift of up to $11 million from Methodist Healthcare Ministries to open the American Cancer Society Methodist Healthcare...
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Apr 18, 2023
A new collection of articles expands on the research showing that initiating the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination series at age nine improves vaccination utilization and increases the number of adolescents who complete their series on time compared to starting at ages 11-12.
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Apr 18, 2023Researchers at the American Cancer Society stress efforts to decrease e-cigarette use in younger adults to prevent nicotine addiction risk
A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows almost three-quarters of a million more adults in the United States, ages 18-29 years, used e-cigarettes between 2019-2021 during the period that spanned the EVALI outbreak (E-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury) and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apr 13, 2023Nation's largest non-government, non-profit funder of cancer research also announces recipients of the ACS Clinical Research Professor Award
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, non-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 90 new Extramural Discovery Science (EDS) research and career development grants totaling more than $45 million. The grants will fund investigators at 67 institutions across the United States starting in 2023.
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Apr 12, 2023
ACS researchers are headed to Orlando, Florida this week for the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research.
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Apr 11, 2023
In a new study, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers discovered deaths with cancer as the underlying or primary cause decreased in the United States during the first year of the pandemic in 2020 compared to 2019, continuing the decreasing trend from prior years. In contrast, mortality rates with cancer as a contributing cause were higher in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing the decreasing trend from prior years.
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Apr 4, 2023
ATLANTA, April 4, 2023 – To alleviate the financial burden of cancer treatment, the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently awarded $8.3 million in transportation and lodging grants to 411 health...
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Apr 3, 2023
ATLANTA – APRIL 3, 2023 – Today’s announcement of the National Cancer Plan is another exciting step toward advancing cancer research, prevention and treatment. The American Cancer Society...
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Mar 22, 2023
ATLANTA, March 22, 2023 – With health equity issues in cancer care continuing to disproportionately impact medically under-resourced communities, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Genentech,...
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Mar 21, 2023ACS names a new editor-in-chief and editor to CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the highest-impact peer-reviewed journal in oncology
Dr. Arif Kamal, chief patient officer at the American Cancer Society, assumed the role of editor-in-chief of CA in late 2022. Dr. Don Dizon, a researcher and professor of medicine and surgery at Brown University, joins the journal as the new editor.
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Mar 20, 2023
To help ensure equitable access to quality care, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Dr. Stephen Klasko and his wife, Colleen Wyse, lifelong advocates for transformation in healthcare, will partner to launch a new research grant program, the Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Cancer Disparities (AHEAD) Awards.
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Mar 13, 2023
In her new role, Mucci will address the alarming negative trends in prostate cancer incidence and disparities by focusing on growing and implementing a new ACS initiative called IMPACT, or “Improving Mortality Toward Prostate Cancer Together”.
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Mar 10, 2023
On behalf of the nearly 300,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commend the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking steps to modernize the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) which will help reduce breast cancer mortality.
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Mar 7, 2023
The 80% in Every Community National Achievement Awards is a program designed to recognize individuals and organizations who are dedicating their time, talent and expertise to advancing needed initiatives that support the shared goal to reach colorectal screening rates of 80% and higher in communities across the nation.
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Mar 2, 2023Researchers at the American Cancer Society stress funding breast cancer research to include representation of racially and ethnically diverse populations
The study found Black women in Delaware, Missouri, Louisiana, and Mississippi have the highest TNBC incidence rate, more than four times as much, compared to Asian or Pacific Islander women with the lowest rate.
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Mar 1, 2023
Researchers showed the proportion of individuals in the United States diagnosed with advanced-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) increased from 52% in the mid-2000s to 60% in 2019. In addition, diagnoses of people under 55 years of age doubled from 11% (1 in 10) in 1995 to 20% (1 in 5) in 2019.
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Mar 1, 2023
La Sociedad Americana Contra El Cáncer publica las nuevas estadísticas sobre el cáncer colorrectal; los cambios rápidos hacia enfermedades más avanzadas y las personas más jóvenes
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Feb 23, 2023American Cancer Society researchers stress the need to improve access to cancer screenings
According to a new, large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), millions of people in the United States continued to miss critical cancer screening tests during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Feb 23, 2023
Continuing their support of increased access to quality care across the cancer continuum, AstraZeneca has committed $2.8 million toward the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Navigation Capacity-Building Initiative Grant Program.
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Feb 21, 2023
To address the lack of diversity in research environments, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has announced the creation of the American Cancer Society Center for Diversity in Cancer Research Training.
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Feb 15, 2023During American Heart Month, the American Cancer Society stresses prevention to help lower the chance of heart disease for people with cancer
American Cancer Society (ACS) research estimates there are more than 18 million adult survivors of cancer in the United States, and that number is expected to climb to more than 22 million by 2030. Although that’s encouraging news, it also puts increasing numbers of survivors at risk for cardiovascular disease or CVD.