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Sep 4, 2009Focuses attention on the need for further research and better treatments to create a world with more birthdays for children
ATLANTA 2009/09/04 -Despite major advances in treatment and survival in the last three decades, childhood cancer is still the leading cause of death from disease in children under 15. The American...
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Aug 26, 2009Statement by John R. Seffrin, PhD, CEO of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Washington 2009/08/26 -“We are truly saddened by the passing of a giant in the area of health care policy -- our friend, U.S. Senator and recipient of the American Cancer Society’s highest...
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Aug 25, 2009By 2015 two million will die each year from tobacco-induced cancers
Atlanta 2009/08/25 -The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition, published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation, estimates that tobacco use kills some six million people each year- more...
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Aug 24, 2009
Atlanta 2009/08/24 -Among unmarried cancer patients, those who are separated at the time of diagnosis do not live as long as widowed, divorced, and never married patients. That is the conclusion...
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Aug 24, 2009
Atlanta 2009/08/24 -A new analysis finds that adolescents and young adults diagnosed with blood-related cancers in recent years have better long-term survival rates than those who were diagnosed...