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TODAY, on June 18, join me in celebrating the 18m cancer survivors living in the US! Help fund more cancer research & patient support to help more people survive cancer. Donate to the American Cancer Society Society at cancer.org/SupportSurvivo… #EveryCancerEveryLife #CancerSurvivors
Supporting American Cancer Society & work they’re leading to end cancer as we know it, for everyone! VOICES.cancer.org of Black Women is a groundbreaking longterm study led by ACS to better understand health conditions like cancer & strive for improved wellbeing among Black Women
We're celebrating National Cancer Survivors Month with these Messages of Hope. Read more or submit your own at esa.com/celebrating-su…. 🎗️ Extended Stay America is honored to be the Official Hotel Partner of the American Cancer Society Society
Just published! American Cancer Society releases new data on proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the US. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca… Farhad Islami, MD PhD Emily C. Marlow Blake Thomson Harriet Rumgay Alpa Patel Ahmedin Jemal OncoAlert
Published today CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians: Updated info on % & no. of cancer cases/deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the US. ~40% of cancer cases and half of cancer deaths were attributable to evaluated risk factors. American Cancer Society acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.33… pic.x.com/w3bxf4flmc
Join us for a virtual screening and panel discussion of the short film #InDueSeason: ⭐️ Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, Chair, ACS CAN Board of Directors ⭐️Dr. Karen Winkfield, ACS CAN Board Member ⭐️ Fenika Miller, Black Voters Matter Fund 🗓️August 7, 7:30pm ET | 4:30pm PT Register: fightcancer.org/InDueSeason
🎧 In this episode of the Inside Cancer Careers podcast, Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society Society (ACS), shares her career journey into science and the path that led her to her current leadership role at the ACS. spr.ly/6019igcv1 #CancerCareers
Alarming new ACS Research led by American Cancer Society Dr. Hyuna Sung in The Lancet Public Health about #GenX & #Millennials. Incidence rates continue to rise in younger generations in 17 of 34 #cancer types, including breast, pancreatic, & gastric cancers. Read more here: pressroom.cancer.org/higherriskGenX…
Joining Good Morning America shortly to talk about the data and the work that the American Cancer Society Society is doing to combat this alarming trend.
I am honored to be included among the 2024 NonProfit Times Power & Influence Top 50. This recognition is a testament to the important work that we're doing at the American Cancer Society Society, including our partnership with ASCO. thenonprofittimes.com
Experts say one age group has seen an overall rise in cancer rates: younger Americans. “Early onset colorectal cancer, I think, was the canary in the coal mine here,” Karen Knudsen, MBA PhD tells William Brangham. "We know that early detection saves lives."
Targeted therapy plays an important role for patients with early and advanced-stage NSCLC carrying specific genetic alterations. Hear from Dr. Maisam Makarem and Dr. Pasi Jänne of Dana-Farber about the latest advances: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… OncoAlert Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, FASCO #LCSM
Today American Cancer Society announces the creation of the Catalyst awards to grant up to $8 million to early-stage investigators and Post Doctoral Fellowships in the U.S. ACS Research Read more here: pressroom.cancer.org/releases?item=…
I am incredibly proud of what our team at the American Cancer Society Society accomplished in 2023. Last year alone, we advocated for specific policies focused on access to care, provided more than 500,000 nights of free lodging to people with cancer, and awarded over 100 new research
.American Cancer Society is proud to launch the ACS National Prostate Cancer Roundtable, a coalition of organizations catalyzing collective action to improve prostate cancer outcomes across the nation. Visit our website to learn more: npcrt.org