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Carol Stevens was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1957 when she was 33 years old.

Owen A. O'Connor, MD, PhD, was awarded the prestigious American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor grant in July 2018. He was selected because of his expertise and ongoing work to develop drugs to improve treatments for people with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas.. He's a professor and researcher at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York.

The mission and history of the American Cancer Society's HopeClub of the Capital Region near Albany, NY.

American Cancer Society lodging assistance.

American Cancer Society Discovery Shops help support the fight against cancer through the sale of high quality, gently used, donated merchandise.

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College student Belinda Qu enjoys giving back to her community as a ride coordinator for the American Cancer Society Road To Recovery® program in Nassau County.

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.

The Flemings' world was turned upside down when their son Alex, age 20, was diagnosed with testicular cancer and just one month later Shawn, age 45, was diagnosed with bone cancer.

The American Cancer Society helps find answers to critical questions about colon and rectal cancer. What causes it? How can it be successfully prevented, detected, and treated? How can the people with one of these cancers improve their quality of life? Studying questions like these has helped improve screening and treatment methods, which has contributed to substantial decreases in deaths from colon and rectal cancer over the past 20 years.

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

A study shows New York City firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11th attacks are more likely to have cancer than firefighters who did not work at the site.

Jason Sheltzer, PhD, an American Cancer Society grantee from Cold Spring Harbor Lab in New York, is using CRISPR, as well as developing other new tools to study the role of missing or extra chromosomes (a condition known as aneuploidy) in colon cancer.

Baker was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999 at the age of 29. It’s a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body’s immune system.

To help both the death and diagnosis rates of colorectal cancer drop—and to help those who develop it survive and thrive—the American Cancer Society (ACS) funds the research of scientists across the country who use the latest evidence and cutting-edge technology to help prevent and treat CRC. Here are two of their stories.

Schedule of events and home for updates on the HopeClub (formerly Gilda's Club) of the Capital Region near Albany, NY.

Jaime Kelly, Major Gift Director, New York City

Bio for Jennifer Cayetano, Director of Estate and Gift Planning for the American Cancer Society.

Jennifer DiClemente, Planned Giving Director

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

John Brannelly, Director, Major Gifts for Connecticut and New York at the American Cancer Society.

When her doctor told Julie Genovesi she had lung cancer, she was in complete denial. She argued with him, and told him to re-check the scans.

When Kelli Martucci moved from Michigan to New York in 2001, she felt like she was beginning a brand new stage of her life. She had beaten melanoma skin cancer, graduated from high school, and was about to start college at Long Island University. But just a few years later, the cancer came back.

Discovery Shops are located in California, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Virginia. Find your local shop today.

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

The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Jerome L. Greene Family Center offers lodging at no cost for cancer patients being treated in Manhattan.

For over 40 years, the Society has owned and operated these specialty resale stores, featuring items such as clothing, accessories, jewelry, furniture, artwork, antiques, collectibles, and other household items.

Phyllis Alsterberg was recently treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She hasn’t left her home in New York City much since the coronavirus outbreak started because she has a weakened immune system and she’s worried about getting sick.

Brian Glennon says he’s still the same Sinatra-loving, Broadway-going, basketball-coaching 63-year-old man who is grateful for the love of his family. Glennon was diagnosed with prostate cancer after a higher-than-average PSA result prompted him and his doctor to monitor his PSA level more closely.

American Cancer Society lodging assistance.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. See examples of how the American Cancer Society conducts and funds research to help prevent, find, diagnose, treat, and live with skin cancers.

Two studies examine whether exposure to chemicals from the wreckage of the World Trade Center during rescue and recovery work after the September 11, 2001 attacks increased firefighters’ risk of developing cancer.

Eva Hernando, PhD, an American Cancer Society grantee from New York University School of Medicine in New York City is studying the role of amyloid processing protein--which is linked with Alzheimer's disease--in melanoma brain metastases.

Biography of Vickie Freyleue, American Cancer Society Director of Estate and Gift Planning for upstate New York and Vermont.

Hope page for the new American Cancer Society HopeClub in Albany, NY.

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.

The American Cancer Society helps find answers to critical questions about colon and rectal cancer. What causes it? How can it be successfully prevented, detected, and treated? How can the people with one of these cancers improve their quality of life? Studying questions like these has helped improve screening and treatment methods, which has contributed to substantial decreases in deaths from colon and rectal cancer over the past 20 years.

In April, design expert Nate Berkus renovated the New York City Hope Lodge and interviewed the Turners for a June episode of his TV show.

Mary Shouvlin had stage 1 malignant melanoma on her left forearm and needed surgery right away.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. See examples of how the American Cancer Society conducts and funds research to help prevent, find, diagnose, treat, and live with skin cancers.

Michelle Rodriguez, 20, is determined nothing will stop her from her lifelong goal of being the first one in her family to get a college degree – not even a diagnosis of thyroid cancer.