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Jan 7, 2014Progress Most Rapid for Middle-Aged African American Men
ATLANTA – Jan. 7, 2014–The annual cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society finds steady declines in cancer death rates for the past two decades add up to a 20 percent drop in...
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Dec 11, 2013“Identity Problem” As Public, Patients, and Doctors Confuse Palliative Care with End of Life Care
A new review says palliative care’s association with end of life has created an “identity problem” that means the majority of patients facing a serious illness do not benefit from treatment...
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Dec 10, 2013Action Could Help Millions of Americans Exposed to Silica at Work
ATLANTA December 10, 2013—A new review highlights new developments in understanding the health effects of silica, and calls for action to reduce illness and death from silica exposure at work,...
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Dec 9, 2013American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 Enrolls over 300,000 People to Help Finish the Fight against Cancer
Atlanta, GA – December 9, 2013 – One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society began the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer. Now, over 300,000 people from across the country...
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Nov 12, 2013Trends among whites and African Americans go in opposite directions
ATLANTA – November 12, 2013—Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks have gone in opposite directions over the past several decades in the United States, with the direction reversing...