Press Releases
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Nov 13, 2014Former Health and Human Services Official Will Lead Prevention and Early Detection Programs
The American Cancer Society announced today that Rosemarie "Rosie" Henson, senior advisor to the assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will join...
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Nov 10, 2014
ATLANTA – November 10, 2014 –Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and...
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Oct 30, 2014
Durham, N.C. – October 22, 2014— James A. Tulsky, M.D., chief of Duke Palliative Care and professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University, has been named the 2014 recipient of the...
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Oct 9, 2014Nation’s largest non-government, not-for-profit cancer research funder awards 83 grants totaling $44 million in second of two cycles for 2014
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 83 national research and training grants totaling $44...
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Oct 8, 2014Study is largest to date to investigate issue
ATLANTA – October 8, 2014 – A study from American Cancer Society researchers finds the increased risk of premature death associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) is similar for African...