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Nov 21, 2008Society's Medal of Honor to be Awarded on November 21
The American Cancer Society -- the nation's leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental funder of cancer research and discovery -- will present its highest honor, the Medal...
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Nov 17, 2008Statement of John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer, American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Atlanta 2008/11/17 -“November 23, 2008 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the tobacco industry and 46 states. Despite a commitment by the states to...
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Nov 6, 2008
Atlanta 2008/11/06 -A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to...
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Oct 20, 2008
Atlanta 2008/10/20 -Socioeconomic factors and the type of treatment received have an impact on a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patient’s risk of dying. That is the finding of a new study published...
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Oct 20, 2008
Atlanta 2008/10/20 -A new study indicates that educational literature can influence young women’s use of indoor tanning, not by raising their fear of skin cancer but by changing their attitudes...