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May 22, 2019$1.99 Million Grant Supports Patient Navigation Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa
The Merck Foundation has awarded a $1.99 million, five-year grant to ACS to improve support and access to care for people living with cancer in low-and-middle-income countries
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May 22, 2019Extending rates to non-expansion states would have led to 355,184 additional screenings
A new study examining Medicaid expansion and cancer screening finds that the five states and District of Columbia that first adopted Medicaid expansion saw larger increases in colorectal cancer...
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May 8, 2019Mortality goal based on applying outcomes among healthier segments to entire population
The American Cancer Society has set a challenge goal to reduce overall cancer mortality 40% between 2015 and 2035, a goal set by applying favorable cancer mortality trends among college graduates...
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May 7, 2019Offering cancer patients free lodging while traveling for treatment
The American Cancer Society broke ground today on a Hope Lodge facility in Dallas, offering cancer patients and their caregivers a home away from home while traveling to receive care from any of...
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May 2, 2019Study: 137 million adults in the United States suffered medical financial hardship in 2015/2017
A new study by American Cancer Society researchers finds medical financial hardship is very common among people in the United States, with more than half reporting problems with affordability,...
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Apr 18, 2019Convertible note financing of Castle Biosciences, an innovator in skin-cancer diagnostics, is first investment for BrightEdge
Castle Biosciences, Inc. and the American Cancer Society's newly formed philanthropic fund, BrightEdge, today announced that the fund's participation in a convertible note financing of Castle...
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Apr 17, 2019Changing trends underscore importance of HPV prevention and early detection efforts
A new study reports that a type of cervical cancer that is less amenable to Pap testing is increasing in several subpopulations of women, pointing to the growing importance of human papillomavirus...
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Apr 15, 2019American Cancer Society study highlights need to better identify who may not benefit from aggressive treatment
Some patients who died within one month of being newly diagnosed with metastatic cancer in the United States received ineffective surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal therapy according...
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Apr 11, 2019American Cancer Society to become National Featured Charity of Six West Coast Events
The American Cancer Society and Motiv announced a new collaboration to empower endurance athletes of all abilities to take a more proactive role in improving their personal health and helping to...
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Apr 8, 2019Penn State's Pat Chambers, Youth Official Lou Levine and Hickory Christian Academy's Gary Bowne honored for their impact on the fight against cancer
Two coaches and a youth basketball official are being honored by the American Cancer Society for their work to fund the fight against cancer. Penn State University head basketball coach Pat...
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Apr 3, 2019Socioeconomic status, educational attainment consistently linked to higher risk, lower prevention
The latest edition of the American Cancer Society’s review on recent cancer prevention and early detection efforts in the United States finds there’s a long way to go in fully adopting...
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Apr 1, 2019American Cancer Society Initiative Offers Companies and Customers New Ways to Fight Cancer From Every Angle
A new American Cancer Society initiative is aiming to bring businesses and their customers together in the common goal of fighting cancer. Together vs. Cancer convenes companies across the country...
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Apr 1, 2019Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit cancer research funder awards 93 grants totaling more than $40 million in first of two cycles for 2019
The American Cancer Society approves funding for 93 research and training grants totaling more than $40 million in first of two cycles for 2019.
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Mar 25, 2019
For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity was associated with up to a nearly 50% reduction in mortality, according to a...
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Mar 8, 2019Proceedings from an American Cancer Society–American Society of Clinical Oncology Summit
A new approach to cancer follow-up cancer is needed to meet the needs of the growing population of cancer survivors in the United States while addressing provider shortages and rising costs,...
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Feb 25, 2019Change makers, thought leaders, and celebrities join forces to raise awareness at March event in Atlanta
The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC), and the American Cancer Society will join forces during...
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Feb 20, 2019Latest in American Cancer Society series outlining blueprint for cancer control
A new report says without a national investment and commitment to transforming health care delivery in the United States, many people will not benefit from the substantial progress in reducing the...
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Feb 19, 2019Award honors individuals and organizations contributing to fight against colorectal cancer
ATLANTA – Feb. 19, 2019 –The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), an organization co-founded by the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
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Feb 14, 2019More rapid declines among black Americans narrow historical disparities
Although African Americans still bear a disproportionate share of the cancer burden, a new report finds the black-white gap has closed considerably over the past several decades. Cancer Statistics...
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Feb 7, 2019Groundbreaking partnership aims to raise $11 million to fund the most innovative and cutting-edge research
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest charitable funder of childhood cancer research grants, and the American Cancer Society (ACS), a health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer,...
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Feb 4, 2019Millennials have about double the risk of some cancers compared to Baby Boomers at same age
A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively...
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Jan 8, 2019Racial gap narrowing while socioeconomic inequalities widen
A steady, 25-year decline has resulted in a 27% drop in the overall cancer death rate in the United States, translating to approximately 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths between 1991 and 2016. The...
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Jan 7, 2019
The American Cancer Society (ACS) welcomes a new global ambassador, actress Vanessa Hudgens, who is participating in an exclusive Super Bowl LIII weekend package to raise critical funds to fight...
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Dec 27, 2018Cancers related to body weight twice as predominant in women than in men
A new study looking at the share of cancers related to obesity finds an at least 1.5-fold difference between states with the highest and lowest proportions. The proportion of cancer cases that...
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Dec 12, 2018Prevalence has increased rapidly in most countries across all population groups
Policies, economic systems, and marketing practices that promote the consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor food, changing behavioral patterns that couple high total energy intake with...