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PreventionA Cancer Control Report Card and Blueprint
This first chapter in the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Blueprint sets up the steps to take in the future to lower the incidence and death rate of cancer by looking at what's led to success in the past. It's delivered by staff researcher Rebecca Siegel, MPH, scientific director of surveillance information.
The ACS Blueprint: A Vision for Reducing Deaths from Cancer
The American Cancer Society Cancer Control Blueprint—introduced by an interview with Otis W. Brawley, MD, MACP, chief medical and scientific officer of the ACS. The blueprint, says Brawley, is both a celebration of our progress against cancer and a call to action to do even better.
Why We Screen for Some Cancers and Not Others
Screening means having a test that looks for cancer or another disease in people who don’t have any symptoms.
Wish Dad a Healthy Father’s Day
Celebrate the fathers in your life this June by encouraging them to protect their health by getting up to date on cancer screening tests.
Colorectal Cancer Screening: What Are My Options?
No one looks forward to a colonoscopy, or the bowel prep that goes with it. But colon screening – testing to look for cancer before symptoms start – helps saves lives.
5 Healthy Habits May Help You Live More Than 10 Years Longer
New research published by the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that adults in the US who follow 5 healthy lifestyle habits may live more than a decade longer compared with people who follow none of the 5 habits.
12 Key Findings from the New Edition of The Tobacco Atlas
Learn about the physical, social, and economic harms of tobacco and about evidence-based solutions to advance toward a tobacco-free world.
What You Need to Know About Testing for Cervical Cancer
During the past several decades, screening – testing for cancer before symptoms develop – has reduced deaths from cervical cancer, as doctors have been able to find cancer early and treat it, or prevent it from developing.