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American Cancer Society Hope Lodge.

Biography of Bob Frazier, Director of Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society.

Biography of Brant Woodward, Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society's Southeast Region.

Tonya Butler did not have health insurance or a primary care doctor in the fall of 2012 when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

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

American Cancer Society Hope Lodge.

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.

If you are a cancer patient or caregiver and you learn a hurricane, wildfire, or other natural disaster is coming your way, take steps to prepare in advance.

Lisa Bishop, Sr. Director, Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society in North Carolina and South Carolina.

When women arrive for the Look Good Feel Better workshop at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center in North Carolina, they find a room brightly decorated with linen tablecloths, flowers, and -- depending on the month – holiday frills.

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

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.

Caroline Um, PhD, MPH, RD, and her colleagues at the American Cancer Society 9ACS) found that people who drank 2 or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day had a lower risk of colon and rectal cancer, compared to people who didn't drink decaffeinated coffee.

Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, an American Cancer Society research grantee from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that both obese mice and mice on a high-fat diet had larger and faster-growing endometrial cancers, compared to lean mice or mice on a low-fat diet.

Troy Thee is the Director of Estate and Gift Planning for the Western half of North and South Carolina.

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.