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ACS ResearchThe ACA's Effect on Access to Cancer Screening and Care — The First 10 Years
It's the 10th anniversary of the day the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was signed into law. The question for today is: How has it helped prevent cancer and helped cancer patients?
Future Defenses Against Colorectal Cancer May Include a Vaccine and Genetic Engineering
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.
Researchers Identify States Where Improved Sun Protection Could Prevent the Most Melanomas
Rates of skin cancer in the US are rising, even though most cases are preventable because they’re related to sun exposure and indoor tanning. A study in the International Journal of Cancer found that 91% of all melanomas in the US were linked with ultraviolet (UV) radiation—mostly due to sun exposure. That rate was even higher among non-Hispanic whites, at 94%.
Study: Young Women Now Have Higher Rates for Lung Cancer Than Men Worldwide
Women between the ages of 30 to 49 are being diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men, at the same age and in many high-income countries, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Cancer. Even though smoking is the major risk factor for causing all types of lung cancer, the authors said that differences in smoking between men and women do not completely explain the pattern.
Helping Cancer Researchers Jump the Last Hurdles Before Clinical Trials
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.
Study Finds Sleep Problems Persist in Cancer Survivors
A significant number of cancer survivors have sleep problems years after a cancer diagnosis, and American Cancer Society researchers have found that these problems were related to the fear of cancer returning or distress from a physical, emotional, or financial issue related to cancer. The study was published in the journal Sleep Medicine.
Study: Getting Enough Exercise Lowers Risk of 7 Cancers
Getting recommended amounts of physical activity is linked to a lower risk for 7 cancer types, according to a study from the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Facts & Figures 2020 Reports Largest One-year Drop in Cancer Mortality
The death rate from cancer in the US declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to annual statistics reporting from the American Cancer Society.