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Feb 4, 2011American Cancer Society Report Released on World Cancer Day
ATLANTA, February 4, 2011—A new American Cancer Society report says cancers associated with lifestyles and behaviors related to economic development, including lung, breast, and colorectal...
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Feb 1, 2011New American Cancer Society Report Details Progress and Challenges
ATLANTA– February 1, 2011 – While the overall death rate for cancer continues to drop among African Americans, the group continues to have higher death rates and shorter survival of any racial...
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Jan 31, 2011From Marji McCullough, Sc.D., R.D., strategic director of nutritional epidemiology at the American Cancer Society
"The updated USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 include recommendations for a healthy diet and physical activity, both important behaviors in reducing cancer risk. According to the...
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Jan 27, 2011Group Will Advise National Prevention Council on First-Ever National Strategy to Build a Healthier Population
WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 27, 2011 – The White House has announced its intention to appoint John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy...
Jan 24, 2011Former CNN Reporter and private sector Media Strategist Judy Fortin joins the professional staff of the nation’s largest voluntary health organizationATLANTA – January 24, 2011 – Award-winning former CNN medical correspondent and longtime Headline News anchor Judy Fortin has joined the American Cancer Society as national director of media...
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Jan 13, 2011Basketball Coaches from Coast to Coast Address the Importance of Exercising and Eating Right in the Fight against Cancer
ATLANTA – Jan. 13, 2011 – During Coaches vs. Cancer® Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend, Jan. 28-30, basketball coaches nationwide will wear sneakers with their suits to demonstrate their...
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Dec 16, 2010Response from Dr. Len Lichtenfeld
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun the process to remove an indication for the use of bevacizumab (Avastin®) in metastatic breast cancer. The drug had received accelerated approval...
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Dec 7, 2010Otis Brawley, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
Below is a comment from Otis W. Brawley, M.D., on the death from cancer of Elizabeth Edwards. "The courage, grace, and dignity that Mrs. Edwards has shown us as she faced her cancer journey is...
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Nov 29, 2010Redesigned site features breakthrough group e-card technology, celebrity entertainer phone calls, great gifts, and birthday scheduling tools – all to help fight cancer
ATLANTA – November 29, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the official sponsor of birthdays, today announced exciting new details of its recently redesigned morebirthdays.com website – the...
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Nov 18, 2010Technology has clear potential to create more birthdays. Still, study must not be over interpreted
Below is a statement from American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis W. Brawley, M.D., regarding the National Lung Screening Trial. "The announcement that a well designed prospective...
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Nov 10, 2010Lady Antebellum, Big Kenny and LoCash Cowboys join Keith Urban and other leading musicians and artists to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays
ATLANTA – November 10, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the official sponsor of birthdays, today announced that the band Lady Antebellum, along with country musicians Big Kenny and LoCash...
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Nov 9, 2010American Cancer Society marks 35th Great American Smokeout
ATLANTA – November 9, 2010 – In preparation for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 18, the American Cancer Society encourages smokers to put their health first by making a...
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Nov 5, 2010Nation’s Largest Voluntary Health Organization Elects Breast and Cervical Cancer Expert Edward E. Partridge, M.D. and Banking Industry Expert Stephen L. Swanson To Lead National Volunteer Board of Directors
ATLANTA—November 5, 2010— The American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, elected 11 new officers to its volunteer 2010-2011 National Board of Directors...
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Nov 5, 2010Society’s Medal of Honor to be Awarded on November 5
ATLANTA— November 5, 2010— The American Cancer Society – the nation’s leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental investor in cancer research – will present its...
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Nov 4, 2010Awards Honor Accomplishments in Service, Volunteerism, Humanitarianism and Palliative Care
ATLANTA— November 4, 2010— Five Americans whose unique talents and dedication have helped make progress in the fight against cancer today received prestigious awards from the American Cancer...
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Nov 4, 2010Corporate Impact Awards Series Cites Commitment to Employee Health, Employee Giving, Community Engagement
ATLANTA – Nov. 4, 2010 – The American Cancer Society’s nationwide Corporate Impact Awards Series on Friday will honor 22 companies and a chief executive officer during the Society’s 97th...
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Oct 19, 2010Rare and deadly form of breast cancer often goes unrecognized by clinicians and patients alike
ATLANTA—October 19, 2010—A rare and deadly form of breast cancer that often goes unrecognized by clinicians and patients alike is the focus of a new report from leading researchers....
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Oct 19, 2010
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is asking federal and state candidates to go on the record with their positions on cancer issues. ACS CAN, the nonpartisan advocacy...
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Oct 6, 2010Largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 94 grants totaling $46.6 million in first of two grants cycles for 2011
ATLANTA—October 6, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 94 national research and...
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Sep 14, 2010Finding Likely Reflects Lower Access to Medical Care
ATLANTA – September 14, 2010 – A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds insurance status is strongly associated with disease severity among prostate cancer patients. The...
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Sep 14, 2010New Collaboration Tackles Cancer Disparities in African Americans
ATLANTA – September 14, 2010 – The American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), are teaming up with Alpha Kappa Alpha...
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Sep 13, 2010Keith Urban, Justin Bieber, Jack Johnson, Maurice Sendak and Eric Carle among well-known artists joining the next phase of the Society’s movement to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays
ATLANTA – September 13, 2010 – The American Cancer Society, the official sponsor of birthdays, today announced details of a unique new campaign that marks the next phase of the Society’s...
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Sep 10, 2010Leading Research Program Has Funded 44 Nobel Prize Recipients
ATLANTA –September 10, 2010—Nineteen individuals with a strong personal interest in cancer have been chosen to participate in the American Cancer Society’s research grants peer review...
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Aug 23, 2010
A new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. Published early online in Cancer,...
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Aug 23, 2010
A new analysis has found that while colon cancer rates have remained steady over the past several decades among people under the age of 40, rectal cancer rates are increasing in this population...