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American Cancer Society in Mississippi

If you’re looking for cancer information and resources in Mississippi you’ve come to the right place. From our local fundraising events to our cancer support programs, you’ll find everything you need to fuel the fight against cancer and get patient support – right here in our community.

Local Resources

The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. And best of all, our help is free. Find programs and services in Mississippi.

Transportation

Road To Recovery gives cancer patients free rides to treatment.

Advocacy

We’re activists leading the fight for a world without cancer in Mississippi.

Cancer Information

Looking for information? We’re here when you need us: 1-800-227-2345.

Lodging

When cancer treatment is far from home, we provide a place to stay.

Resource Referral Search

The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. And best of all, our help is free.

Local Events

American Cancer Society events are inspiring, uplifting, and great at bringing the fight against cancer directly into your community. Join the spirit of camaraderie and compassion as we work together to save lives from cancer.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Find a walk in Mississippi and help us fight breast cancer.

Relay For Life

Help us attack cancer in our community – join your local Relay.

Galas

Attend a fun-filled event to help fight cancer in Mississippi.
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Volunteer

When you volunteer with the American Cancer Society in Mississippi, you’re helping to save the lives of people in your community – and around the world. It only takes a little time to do a whole lot of good. Sign up to volunteer today.

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ACS News and Social Media

Learn more about what is happening in your city by following us on our local social media.

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Southern Motion Employees Share Their Passion for the Fight Against Cancer

From funding 49 Nobel Prize-winning researchers to construction of Hope Lodges across the country, much of the American Cancer Society’s impact against cancer is made possible because of generous corporate donors. This is especially true in Mississippi. Among the perennial supporters is Southern Motion, a Pontotoc, MS-based furniture manufacturer. ...[more]

Caregivers are crucial in the life of a person that has an illness

When a loved one has cancer, the caregiver is the person who knows most about what’s occurring with the cancer patient’s treatment and recovery. They coordinate the patient’s care and serve as the primary communicator to family, friends and health care teams – all while trying to help their loved one adapt to their new way of life. Amanda Rhodes stepped into the role of caregiver when her mom, Gloria Bloom, was diagnosed with colon cancer...[more]

Jackson Resident Shares Breast Cancer Journey

On Friday, November 13, 2015, at 10:34am, I received a phone call from my doctor with a diagnosis that no woman ever wants to hear – “you have breast cancer.” My cancer was detected by my annual mammogram. Neither I nor my doctor felt a lump nor did we have any reason not to expect a normal mammogram. After hanging up with my doctor, I sent my husband, Charley, a text to call me. He immediately left an important meeting to come to be with me. In the next several hours, we spent time crying together, praying together, calling family and close friends. I will never forget Charley walking into the room I was sitting in at 1:15 pm and boldly stating, “We are declaring war and Satan won’t get the victory.” From the beginning, I have said, “I am honored God chose me for this journey.”...[more]

American Cancer Society Advancing Health Equity in Jackson Amid COVID-19

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer patients, survivors, and community members in South Jackson, who experience a disproportionate burden of cancer, are finding it increasingly difficult to access healthy and affordable foods. “The underlying causes of cancer disparities include lack of or limited access to affordable, healthy food in the community,” said Jennifer Bennett, Executive Director for ACS. Access to affordable, healthy foods is essential in preventing the development of some cancers and improving cancer outcomes during and after treatment....[more]

Patient Navigators Available Even During Pandemic

Shelter in place is the message for March, and that includes the American Cancer Society’s patient navigators. Patients at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson have benefited from onsite patient navigators with helpful advice during cancer journeys since 2006. That work doesn’t stop, even in the era of COVID-19, so the Society’s navigators have shifted to working from home. Sheltering in place, their critical work continues. Being available to their patients is still the priority, even virtually...[more]

Cancer Facts and Statistics

In the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistic Center, you’ll find information about Mississippi’s cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates, screening metrics, and risk factors.

See Cancer Statistics for Mississippi

Local Mailing Addresses

Our National Cancer Information Specialists are available to help you with any patient services, resource requests, or cancer information questions twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, at 1-800-227-2345.

MS Jackson
PO Box 4449 Brandon , MS 39047

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