Press Releases

Atlanta 2007/10/22 -A patient's positive or negative emotional state has no direct or indirect effect on cancer survival or disease progression, according to a large scale new study. Published in...

Today is National Mammography Day, and the American Cancer Society is urging women 40 and older to get a yearly mammogram, especially in light of recent data suggesting a decline in mammography...

Atlanta 2007/10/15 -A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows cancer death rates decreased on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual...

Atlanta 2007/10/09 -Two of the three scientists receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine received funding from the American Cancer Society early in their careers, bringing to 42...

Atlanta 2007/10/08 -A new study finds treatment for breast cancer differs between African-American women and white women, though the differences are partly dependent on insurance type. The study...