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.
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.
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.
The team transplanted patient-derived lung cancer specimens into mice to test the anti-tumor effects of HER3-DXd, including lung cancers that had previously developed treatment resistance.
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.
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.
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.
Read Nada Kalaany and her research team's recently published study in Cell Biology that explains the growth of pancreatic cancer cells despite starvation.
A recent study showed that the new ATR-blocking drugs killed BRGI-deficient lung cancer cells in the lab and in mice with implanted lung cancer tumors.
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.