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Breast CancerStudy Takes the Call for Cancer Screenings to the Pulpit
Cherly Knott, PhD, developed Project HEAL to help raise awareness about cancer prevention and screening for breast, prostate, & colorectal cancer. Learn more.
US States Vary in How Drinking Alcohol Affects Cancer Diagnoses and Deaths
According to our study, 2 states had the highest proportion of cancer deaths linked to drinking alcohol. Learn more.
Slideshow: 9 Key Findings from ACS Researchers’ Study of Cancer in People Ages 15 to 39
Cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs)—in ages 15 to 39—are the focus of a new report published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians on September 17, 2020. The researchers looked at rates and trends by sex and race/ethnicity, across 3 smaller age groups: Ages 15 to 19 (referred to as adolescents or teens), ages 20 to 29, and ages 30 to 39.
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.