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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.

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Details about the coming American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Dallas, TX.

Hashmat Effendi has spent more than 20 years helping children all over the world get medical care that they otherwise couldn’t afford. But it wasn’t until she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 52 that Effendi says she began taking care of herself.

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.

American Cancer Society Distinguished Giving Director.

Brian Martorana, Vice President, Estate and Gift Planning

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

Sherry Thomas whistles as she works. That’s because she loves being a volunteer at Hope Lodge Lubbock, where she started helping in 2010, even before the doors opened.

Cynthia Dickson has a family history of cancer – her father died from colon cancer at just 55. Even so, she was still shocked when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in April 2000 at age 39.

In the fall of 1994, 3-year-old Daniel Patton had been in and out of the doctor’s office for three straight weeks. He had acute lymphocytic leukemia, and needed to start treatment immediately.

Sophia Anagnostou appreciates the big things in life. That includes doctors and nurses who take care of her at Texas Children’s Hospital, family and friends who love her, and the ability to go to school.

Childhood leukemia survivor Maddie Stanton describes herself as a “mainly regular” kid. “I feel good,” she says. Her mother, Denise, says, “We feel lucky every day to be able to have Maddie enjoying life, and being happy, and living.”

Grace L. Butler, PhD, has received dozens of honors and awards, met with President George W. Bush, and even thrown out the first pitch as Hometown Hero at a Houston Astros game, all in recognition of her work to increase access to colon screening tests in Harris County, Texas, and reduce colon cancer deaths.

Robert Webster, in treatment for colon cancer, is working to restore the beaches of Galveston, Texas, pursuing a PhD, participating in a clinical trial, and founded a cancer support group.

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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.

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

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

Breast cancer researchers from all over the world head to Texas this week for the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

Krista Marx was passionate about fighting cancer long before she was diagnosed herself. While still in college in San Antonio, Texas, she supported her grandfather, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Richard Wang, MD, PhD, an American Cancer Society research grantee from University of Texas Southeast Medical Center in Dallas, recently published a study that compared Merkel cell polyomavirus to two other very similar skin viruses that infect the skin but do not cause cancer as the Merkel cell polyomavirus does.

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.

Biography of Jeff Fehlis, Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society's South Region.

Biography of John Martin, Director, Estate and Gift Planning for the American Cancer Society.

Joni Hart, Director of Maor Gifts for the American Cancer Society for Texas.

Joseph Moore, Senior Major Gifts Director, Texas

Biography of Krista Heide, Director of Philanthropy

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Laureate Society of the Tarrant Area: Creating Tomorrow's Miracles Through Innovation

ACS Research Highlight about grantee Curtis Wray, MD of University of Texas Health Center in Houston and his research about helping people with liver cancer and low income levels and no or limited health insurance improve their cancer care and quality of life.

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.

Everyone who is treated for cancer at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston, Texas most likely will meet Clara Cook Lambert, an 8-year lung cancer survivor.

Mauri Douglas bio

Josh Davis is getting ready to celebrate another year of surviving melanoma skin cancer.

Morgan Richards Bio

Multiple myeloma survivor Trey Allen loves life on the ranch.

American Cancer Society grantee Andras Heczey, MD, is trying to adapt the technique known as CAR T-cell therapy to cure children with neuroblastoma by using natural killer T cells. He's trying the treatment for the first time in children in a phase 1 clinical trial.

Richard Wang, MD, PhD, an American Cancer Society grantee from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is studying mice to learn more about the role of glucose transport in the development of squamous cell skin cancer.

A new report from the American Cancer Society highlights the wide variation in cancer risk within the US Hispanic/Latino population.

Paneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist and researcher at UT Southwestern in Dallas explains cachexia, also known as wasting syndrome, and the research he's doing to help lung cancer patients with this serious problem.

Biography of Ruby Sellers, Director of Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society in Texas.

Sandy Biggers, Campaign Director, Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society covering Central and South Texas.

Sarah Ballard, Director, Major Gifts

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.

Stomach cancer survivor Ron Dunnahoo first knew something was wrong when he began having severe indigestion. This was something new.

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

Billy Streu, 35, says 4 years after he completed treatment for tongue cancer, he’s in the best physical shape of his life and he feels better than he’s ever felt.

When Melba Lozano was diagnosed with vulvar cancer at age 51, she had never even heard of it. This type of cancer starts in the vulva, which is the outer part of the female genitals.

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.

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.