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May 22, 2013Three Individuals Earn the Society’s Highest HonorATLANTA— May 22, 2013— Today the American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, officially celebrates its 100th birthday, and remains relentless in its efforts...
- May 17, 2013Review Calls Rehabilitation Cost Effective; Critical
ATLANTA – May 17, 2013– A new review finds cancer survivors suffer a diverse and complex set of impairments, affecting virtually every organ system. Writing in CA: A Cancer Journal for...
- May 15, 2013Science Symposium Marks the American Cancer Society's 100th Birthday
WHAT: As the American Cancer Society celebrates 100 years of saving lives from cancer, it will host a special science symposium: Research and the Fight Against Cancer. The symposium will bring...
- May 9, 2013Statement from John R. Seffrin, PhD., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society
Today, the GAVI Alliance has announced they have negotiated new record low prices for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to help protect millions of girls in developing countries against...
- May 1, 2013
This May 22nd, the American Cancer Society will mark its 100th birthday and EHE International has donated a window at 10 Rockefeller Plaza to celebrate this remarkable milestone. Throughout the...
- Apr 23, 2013
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the American Cancer Society will celebrate 100 years of saving lives and creating a world with more birthdays. The Society is using the historic milestone as an...
- Apr 12, 2013Tickets on Sale for Benefit in Honor of The Society’s 100th Birthday
ATLANTA – April 12, 2013 – Tickets are now on sale for “An evening with Quincy Jones & Friends,” a concert benefitting the American Cancer Society’s 100th Birthday, on Thursday May 23 at...
- Apr 11, 2013Coordinated Efforts Needed to Close Gaps
An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds continuing challenges in changing behaviors and risk factors in order to reduce suffering and death from cancer. The report, Cancer Prevention &
- Apr 9, 2013Statement by John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society, on the Passing of Margot S. Freudenberg
ATLANTA — April 9, 2013 — “I was deeply saddened to learn today that Margot S. Freudenberg, who served the American Cancer Society as a volunteer for an extraordinary 71 years, died at her...
- Apr 8, 2013175 Research and Training Grants to Fund Investigators at 93 Institutions
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 175 national research and training grants totaling...
- Apr 5, 2013Coach Ryan has helped raise more than $1.5 million for the American Cancer Society since 2007
ATLANTA – April 5, 2013 – University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach, Bo Ryan, is the recipient of the 2013 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award, presented annually to a college coach who...
- Apr 1, 2013Fight Cancer In Style Lunch to Benefit Coaches vs. Cancer
WHAT: During the Final Four weekend in Atlanta, NCAA coaches’ wives and families won’t be sitting on the sidelines in the fight against cancer --- they’ll be taking center court through...
- Mar 22, 2013Cathy Hirsch, a 10-year breast cancer survivor, is New President of Reach to Recovery International
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – March 22, 2013 – Long-time American Cancer Society volunteer Cathy Hirsch has been appointed president of Reach to Recovery International, an organization that...
- Mar 4, 2013American Cancer Society Officially Launches its 100th Year with New Advertising
ATLANTA – March 4, 2013 – Today the American Cancer Society officially launched its 100th birthday campaign to finish the fight against cancer with new ads featuring award-winning artists Josh...
- Feb 28, 2013Increased Risk Seen in Women Who Start Smoking Before Having First Child
Results from a new American Cancer Society study support the hypothesis that smoking is associated with increased breast cancer risk for women who initiate smoking before first birth. The study,...
- Feb 25, 2013
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., American Cancer Society chief executive officer, responded to the news of the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "Dr. Koop was a dear friend and a giant in...
- Feb 25, 2013
ATLANTA – February 25, 2013 – Ginny Snyder-Ashman of Pennsylvania was diagnosed with stage IIA colon cancer at the age of 51. She went to the doctor complaining of stomach pains and ended up...
- Feb 5, 2013Drop in Overall Mortality Means Nearly 200,000 Cancer Deaths Avoided in African Americans since 1990
ATLANTA-- February 5, 2013 -- The cancer death rate for men declined faster among African Americans than among whites in the latest time period, narrowing the racial disparity in overall cancer...
- Jan 30, 2013Thousands Have Already Joined WhatNext, a Peer-to-Peer Site for Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Caregivers
ATLANTA — January 30, 2013-- The day someone is diagnosed with cancer is a day they begin a journey filled with many new and sometimes puzzling experiences. While medical experts can provide the...
- Jan 25, 2013Event recognizes the 2013 Suits and Sneakers Corporate Challenge
Coaches vs. Cancer – a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches – will celebrate the 2013 Suits and Sneakers Corporate...
- Jan 23, 2013Study confirms prediction that “if women smoke like men, they will die like men”
ATLANTA – January 23, 2013—Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years...
- Jan 23, 2013Coaches Support the American Cancer Society's 100th Anniversary "Finish the Fight" Movement
From January 25-27, more than 4,000 college and high school basketball coaches across the United States will be making much more than just a fashion statement when they sport tennis shoes with...
Jan 22, 2013ATLANTA— January 22, 2013— From January 25-27, over 4,000 college and high school basketball coaches across the United States will be making much more than just a fashion statement when they...
- Jan 17, 2013Annual American Cancer Society Report Finds Continued Drops Lead to Milestone
As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer,...
- Jan 11, 2013Former or current smokers ages 55-74 with 30-pack-year smoking history may consider screening
ATLANTA –January 11, 2013—New guidelines from the American Cancer Society say evidence is sufficient to recommend screening high risk patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography...