The most important take-home information from the INTERLACE trial is that in some people with cervical cancer that are ...

African Americans have a higher cancer burden and face greater obstacles to cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and survival. In fact, Black people have the highest death rate and shortest ...

Earlier this week, the American Cancer Society released the full list of 245 new and renewed research grants that were ...

About 5 to 10 million people are thought to have been exposed to DES (diethylstilbestrol) during pregnancy from 1940 to 1971. Get up-to-date information on cancer risk and other potential health ...

For the great majority of Americans who do not use tobacco, the most important modifiable determinants of cancer risk are weight control, dietary choices, and levels of physical activity. The American ...

The American Cancer Society recommends that women undergo regular screening mammography for the early detection of breast cancer.

The American Cancer Society couldn't do what we do without the support of our partners. Learn more about how these partnerships support our efforts to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Each ...

Use your passion for politics to help enact laws and policies that will make cancer a top national priority. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network℠, ACS CAN, volunteers work to make sure our ...

Having seen many people diagnosed with cancer—often at a terminal stage—during my medical school training, I decided I would have a career in cancer research to help identify causes of cancer and ...

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia. It's a type of cancer that starts in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood. About 15% of ...

People who have cancer or who are getting cancer treatment often have a higher risk of getting an infection, and infections can be more serious than in people who don't have cancer. It's important for ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) projects the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected each year to estimate the contemporary cancer burden because cancer incidence and mortality data lag 2 to ...