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Multiple myeloma survivor Jim Bond is easy to spot among the hundreds of bicyclists in the Pan Ohio Hope Ride, which takes place every July and raises money for the American Cancer Society.

Learn about AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, just minutes from the city's world-class medical institutions.

Join one of our biking fundraisers to support the American Cancer Society..

Learn about our Boston, MA Hope Lodge facility. Visit here for directions, information on staff, volunteers, and the history of this Hope Lodge.

The American Cancer Society is helping people with breast cancer today, in every community, and is working tirelessly to find cures to end the disease tomorrow. The Society’s research program has played a role in many of the advances that save lives from breast cancer today, and is relentlessly pursuing the answers that will save even more lives in the future. See examples of our current research.

Kathy Harris, 70, has been facing down cancer for 30 years. She’s survived breast cancer once and lung cancer 3 times.

Highlights of cancer disparities research conducted or funded by the American Cancer Society

Find American Cancer Society research grants and health professional training grants by state.

When Diane Legg, an active mom of 3 in her early 40s, felt a pain in her back after picking up her 1-year-old-son, she went to her doctor expecting to hear that she had pulled a muscle.

Paulette Chandler, MD, MPH, an American Cancer Society research grantee, is looking for the unique "fingerprint" of metabolites that link them to either a Western or to a Mediterranean diet.

The American Cancer Society Mission Boost grant helps rescue science that sometimes falls into the valley of death, where promising research comes to an abrupt end because it otherwise can’t get the funding it needs to cross the bridge between discovery and helping patients. Read about 4 of the cancer researchers who are using Mission Boost grants today.

ACS Research Highlight about grantee Michael Hassett, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and his research to develop tools that work with databases to determine how race, income, ethnicity, and geographic location affects recurrence of the top 3 cancers.

Biography of Jessica Palmer, Director of Major Gifts on the American Cancer Society Northeast Regional team.

Joyce Antine, Major Gifts Director

Biography of Katherine King, Senior Director, Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society.

Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH, is a principal scientist in the Surveillance & Health Equity Science department at the American Cancer Society (ACS). Her research focuses on determinants of health disparities in the cancer care continuum that can be addressed by policy changes.

Dr. Pasi Janne gives an update on the research lead by the Lung Cancer Dream Team, which was created and funded by a partnership between Stand Up For Cancer and The American Cancer Society.

Craig Uthe does not work in the medical field, but he has long had a passion for medical research. Even before he was diagnosed with lung cancer, Uthe read close to 3,000 news and research articles every year about general health and medicine topics.

The American Cancer Society's local resources, programs, and events help those going through cancer in Massachusetts.

Biography of Michael Duff, Planned Giving Director for the American Cancer Society.

ACS Research Highlight about grantee Brittany M. Charlton, ScD, of Boston Children's Hospital and her recent publications about LGBTQ People and cancer.

Darren Roblyer, PhD, and his research team at Boston University use optical imaging, specifically diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS), to study how well chemotherapy works before surgery in women with early stage breast cancer. Their work is supported by a grant from the American Cancer Society.

When Steven Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 58, he and his wife fought against fear and denial and came up with a plan to be as positive as possible.

Patient navigators are trained laypeople who can help guide patients through the often-complicated cancer care system. With research supported by the American Cancer Society, Karen Freund, MD, has shown that patient navigators can help address cancer care disparities one person at a time.

When Kent Lawrence, now 77, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004, he didn’t know much about it.

American Cancer Society grantee Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH, conducts research to help pediatric oncologists communicate more effectively with their patients' parents to make treatment decisions less stressful.

These 3 scientists are contributing to research that may help families affected by breast cancer in the future. They're studying the most effective language to include in dense breast notifications after mammography, what makes a cancer cell that’s been dormant—not growing—suddenly reactivate, and the effectiveness of a program to help Latina breast cancer survivors overcome barriers to exercising regularly.

Childhood cancer survivors often have a higher risk for getting a second cancer later in life. Early screening can help, but not enough survivors are getting the screenings recommended by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). One researcher is trying to change that by gathering better evidence on the effectiveness of early breast cancer screening for women who received radiation to the chest as children.

Stacy Matseas is a dedicated Making Strides Against Breast Cancer volunteer and fundraiser who has raised more than $1.3 million for the cause since 2000 when her childhood friend was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 33.

Lesly Gregory hasn’t always made a big deal out of being a cancer survivor. But this year she is throwing a party and inviting family and friends to help her celebrate 15 years since having thyroid cancer.