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Jan 17, 2020
The American Cancer Society (ACS), the leading organization devoted to creating a world without cancer, will celebrate Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers Week Jan. 20-26 during basketball games...
Jan 8, 2020Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reportedThe cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported. The news comes from Cancer...
Dec 26, 2019More activity linked to lower risk for several cancer typesA pooled analysis of nine prospective studies involving more than 750,000 adults finds that recommended amounts of leisure-time physical activity were linked to a lower risk for seven cancers,...
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Dec 26, 2019Participants take on the world through newly added World Marathon Challenge
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is widening its opportunities for participants in 2020 through the DetermiNation Endurance Series with the addition of events throughout the country. The...
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Dec 19, 2019Patients under 26 years had a shift to earlier stage; faster time to adjuvant chemotherapy
An Affordable Care Act provision that allowed young adults to be covered under their parents’ insurance led to a shift to earlier-stage diagnosis and more timely receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy...