Special Coverage

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths in the US for men and women. But many colorectal cancers can be prevented or caught early, when they might be easier to treat. That’s why getting screened is so important. Learn more about colorectal cancer, screening tests, and lifesaving research.

Today, because of advances in treatment, many children diagnosed with cancer will grow up as survivors. But sometimes the treatments that help children survive cancer also raise their risk for health problems as they get older. Learn how the American Cancer Society is involved in fighting childhood cancer and finding ways to improve treatments so there are fewer effects later in life.

After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. Millions of women are living with breast cancer and survival rates have improved over time thanks, in part, to early detection and advances in treatment.

The American Cancer Society is committed to helping prevent breast cancer, developing guidelines that help find breast cancers early, and providing support and information about treatment options and coping with physical and emotional side effects. We also fund research that leads to finding better ways to prevent, detect, and treat breast cancer.

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Learn about the American Cancer Society's comprehensive approach to combating lung cancer.