ACS Research News and HIghlights
Breast Cancer Research Highlights
Our research goal is more cancer survivors: Learn about potential new treatment targets for Hormone-Resistant Breast Cancers and Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Using Blood DNA to Monitor Treatment, and more.
Childhood Cancer Research Highlights
We're making a difference in childhood cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivors Can Likely Expect to have a Longer Life Expectancy, Updated Statistics on Child and Adolescent Brain Tumors, and more recent studies from ACS staff and grantees.
Finding Answers That Save Lives
We support the full realm of cancer research from basic science in the lab to translation of evidenced-based practices in cancer clinics. Some of the work we're best known for includes in-depth surveillance statistics, large studies with adults to learn about cancer prevention, and grants to support cancer researchers across the United States.
Facts & Figures Reports
Access all the Cancer Facts & Figures publications to learn about the cancer burden in the US for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Global cancer, and this year's estimated number of new cancer cases and deaths.
Cancer Prevention Studies-3 (CPS-3)
Learn about our ongoing prospective, longitudinal CPS-3: About the biospecimens we collect and analyze, the studies we publish, and how our volunteer participants are helping us move closer to a world without cancer.
Apply for a Research Grant
We use a rigorous and independent peer review process to select the most innovative research to fund. See our portfolio of grant mechanisms—for scientists early in their careers to those who've already made seminal contributions to the field of cancer research—and how to apply.
Currently Funded Cancer Research
No single nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization in the US has invested more to find the causes and cures of cancer than the American Cancer Society (ACS). This section outlines the current ACS substantial spending on research.
Explore Our Research Programs
Whether we're conducting research or funding it, our goal remains the same: to free the world from the pain and suffering from cancer.