Press Releases
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Feb 8, 2018
Five U.S. corporations each raised more than $1 million for the American Cancer Society in 2017. Through their commitment to the Partners Against Cancer program, these companies have engaged their...
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Jan 31, 2018Researchers call issue one of tobacco control’s most pressing
January 31, 2018– Although tobacco control measures have reduced overall smoking rates in the United States (from 42% in 1965 to 15% in 2015), a new report says several vulnerable subpopulations...
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Jan 25, 2018Statement from the American Cancer Society
This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine (NAS) released its comprehensive new report, Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes. The report acknowledges continuing...
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Jan 22, 2018New online auction to feature sneakers and ties signed by coaches
Thousands of basketball coaches across the country will once again trade their dress shoes for sneakers to wear with their suits during the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers Week,...
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Jan 4, 2018Nearly 2.4 million fewer deaths as a result of dropping rates
The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 and has reached 26%, resulting in nearly 2.4 million fewer cancer deaths during that time. The data is...
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Dec 11, 2017Former NFL Player Christ Draft is Keynote Speaker
December 11, 2017– The National Lung Cancer Roundtable holds its inaugural meeting on December 11-12, 2017 in Bethesda, Md., the first major meeting for a new nationwide coalition of...
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Dec 11, 2017
The American Cancer Society Board of Directors has elected seven new members, and announced new key officer leadership positions for 2018. Their term begins on Jan. 1, 2018. "We welcome our new...
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Nov 30, 2017Centers Receiving American Cancer Society CHANGE Grants Show Greater Increase in Screening
A new study suggests that an American Cancer Society program has been effective in promoting improvements in colorectal cancer screening rates in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The...
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Nov 21, 2017Four in ten cancer cases & deaths linked to modifiable risk factors
November 21, 2017– A new American Cancer Society study calculates the contribution of several modifiable risk factors to cancer occurrence, expanding and clarifying the role of known risk...
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Nov 20, 2017Statement of the American Cancer Society and other groups
Statement of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network and the...
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Nov 16, 2017The 42nd Great American Smokeout is on November 16, 2017
The American Cancer Society is encouraging smokers to make a plan to quit smoking during the 42nd Great American Smokeout on November 16, 2017. Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause...
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Nov 15, 2017Objective is to provide patients with rapid cancer diagnostics and appropriate care
Novartis, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the American Cancer Society will work together to devise a common approach to improve access to cancer treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Nov 14, 2017Findings reinforce importance of equitable insurance coverage
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Nov 10, 2017American Cancer Society Coaches vs. Cancer® and NABC Celebrate 25 Years of Teaming Up Against CancerLegendary Coach Norm Stewart and founder of Coaches vs. Cancer honored with statue at the University of Missouri
What started as a challenge for fans to pledge money in the fight against cancer by Norm Stewart, the former University of Missouri Men's Basketball Coach, has evolved over the past 25 years into...
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Oct 19, 2017Investigators say walking has potential to significantly improve public’s health
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Oct 16, 2017Study concludes improving access to care could close much of racial gap
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Oct 10, 2017October 14 gala at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills raises funds for additional Society research grants with Tarek El-Moussa and Vanessa Bell Calloway
LOS ANGELES – The American Cancer Society’s Giants of Science gala on October 14 at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills will honor global ambassador and jewelry designer, Simone I....
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Oct 5, 2017Expanded Initiative Benefits Early Detection and Risk Reduction Efforts for Multiple Cancers, including Breast Cancer
This year, the National Football League and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are expanding their efforts to support the fight against cancer through the "Crucial Catch: Intercept Cancer"...
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Oct 3, 2017Black/white mortality differences closing in several states
Overall breast cancer death rates dropped 39 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 breast cancer deaths during those 26 years. And while black women continue to have higher breast cancer...
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Oct 3, 2017The $30 million facility will offer free lodging for cancer patients traveling to Houston for life-saving treatment.
The American Cancer Society will break ground at 10 a.m. EST, Tuesday, October 3, 2017, on the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Hope Lodge. The $30 million facility will be the largest of its...
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Oct 2, 2017Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit funder of cancer research approves 78 grants totaling nearly $40 million in second of two cycles for 2017
ATLANTA – October 2, 2017– The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 78 research...
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Oct 2, 2017Award honors accomplishments to the cancer fight
ATLANTA – October 2, 2017 – Two exemplary volunteers have been honored with the American Cancer Society 2018 Volunteer Leadership Award, a prestigious national honor for volunteers with...
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Oct 2, 2017Award honors individuals for research that improves quality of life of cancer patients
ATLANTA – October 2, 2017 – Outstanding volunteer Michael A. Andrykowski, Ph.D. has been honored with the 2018 American Cancer Society Trish Greene Quality of Life Award, a prestigious...
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Oct 2, 2017Award honors individuals who provide excellent cancer care
ATLANTA – October 2, 2017 – Seven outstanding individuals have been honored with the 2018 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national honor for their...
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Oct 2, 2017Award honors individuals or groups for their leadership with the Hope Lodge Program
ATLANTA – October 2, 2017 – Outstanding volunteers have been honored with the 2017 Margot S. Freudenberg National Volunteer Award, a prestigious honor given to volunteers for their...