The ACS research group collaborated with researchers from other institutions to use metabolomics in identifying risk factors for breast cancer. Learn more.
Adair Minihan, MPH, is an associate scientist II in the screening and risk factors within the Surveillance and Health Equity Science department at the American Cancer Society.
Study: Up to age 59, the risk of dying decreases as number of steps increase, up to 8K-10K steps/day. After age 60, benefits level off at 6K-8K steps/day.
Aileen Artus, MPH, is an associate scientist II in Study Management for Population Science at the American Cancer Society. Learn more about her work with the ACS here.
Brandi Benson spent most of the fall and winter of 2008 working out with her Army unit in Iraq. She felt tired all the time but wouldn’t find out until weeks later that she had Ewing sarcoma.
Basmah Rahman, MPH, is a Evidence Synthesis Manager within Early Cancer Detection Science at the American Cancer Society (ACS). Learn more about her work with the ACS here.
See how Erika Rees-Punia, a researcher with ACS, used data from the ACS Cancer Prevention Study-II to study the effect of exercises on cancer survivors.
ACS researchers recently published a study, led by Hyuna Sung, PhD, that found the breast cancer incidence rates were 52% higher in Black men than white men.
Ying Wang, published a paper in the journal Metabolites about their identification of 513 unique metabolites correlated with 79 food groups/items. Learn more.
Chanda Felton, MPH, is the Program Manager of Diversity in Cancer Research for the Extramural Discovery Science department at the American Cancer Society. Learn more about her work.
If you (or a loved one) have cancer and your treatment plan needs to change due to a recent natural disaster, the following questions and answers may help you figure out what you need to do to get your treatment back on schedule.
Documenting differences in surgical treatment at the county level contributes invaluable evidence to stimulate corrective health policy changes at all levels.