I am incredibly proud of the work that our American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network team does to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families. Last year alone, we touched 71 million lives through our advocacy efforts. Learn more about this important work in our 2023 Advocacy Accomplishments Report.

My amazing wife, Bilain, has matched at her top-choice pediatrics residency program at @WUSTL! I couldn't be happier that we'll be training side by side in our dream programs at @WUHemeOncFellow and Washington University Pediatrics Residency. Praise God! Ahmedin Jemal Brookdale University Hospital IM Residency Program

What factors contribute to differences in #CervicalCancer screening in rural and urban community health centers? A new ACS Research study highlights the need for tailored interventions to increase screening rates. #GYNCSM acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… OncoAlert ACSNews

A new American Cancer Society study led by Dr. Lee reported that up-to-date cervical cancer screening is lower in rural community health centers (CHCs) than in urban CHCs, and difference in English proficiency accounted for >50% of the disparity. Farhad Islami, MD PhD acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…

.Marie-Eve Fleury and researchers from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network & Fred Hutch Cancer Center released findings in Journal of Clinical Oncology showing that 21.9% of people with cancer participate in some form of clinical research. This inclusive research is a first step to increasing access to cancer studies. bit.ly/3J3rosQ

🌍 New global cancer statistics from American Cancer Society & IARC reveal that ~20 million new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2022 and 9.7 million people died from the disease worldwide. Cancer cases are predicted to reach 35 million by 2050. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca… OncoAlert

New global cancer statistics from American Cancer Society & IARC show that cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in 37 countries (predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa) largely because of lack of or suboptimal early detection services. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca……

Stark geographic inequality in the availability of radiotherapy. One radiotherapy machine for <17 thousand individuals in high-income countries compared to for about 17 million individuals in low-income countries, a thousand fold difference. cancer.org/research/cance…

45% of #Cancer deaths in the #US are attributable to modifiable risk factors, with cigarette smoking alone accounting for 29% of the deaths. This underscores the importance of focusing on prevention to substantially reduce the US cancer burden. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca…

Thanks for leading this important research Jason Zheng ! Fantastic collaboration Matthew (Mateo) P. Banegas Xuesong Han Jingxuan Zhao Kewei Sylvia Shi Cynthia Hu

Thank you Moms Clean Air Force May Supermom of the Month momscleanairforce.org/may-supermom-o…

“Self-collection can expand access to screening & reduces barriers, which will give more people the opportunity to detect, treat, and ultimately survive cancer.”-American Cancer Society @AmerCancerCEO Dr. Karen Knudsen to CNN. cnn.com/2024/05/15/hea…

Dear Colleagues at #ASCO24 From our series with our partners of American Cancer Society Journals, we are Honored to present Tyler Kratzer, MPH Discussing: Cancer in People who Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Gender-nonconforming acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

What a star!

Our paper out today shows lung cancer screening continues to be suboptimal in eligible US adults, especially in individuals facing healthcare access barriers. But Medicare expansions and increasing screening capacity are potential levers that can make a dent.

The Surveillance Research team at ACS booth, National Association of Central Cancer Registries annual conference, Boise, Idaho.

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

Congrats Dr Zhao for leading this great collaboration examining health insurance literacy! @jinxuan_zhao Dr. Nandita Khera Nan Zhang Joan Griffin Talal Hilal ACSNews ACS Research

A new American Cancer Society study led by Dr. Sung reported that #GenX & #Millennials have an elevated #cancer risk than Baby Boomers of same age for 17 of the 34 cancer types, with mortality also similarly elevated in Gen X & Millennials for 5 of these cancers. bit.ly/3A2Ff1g

On National #Postdoc Appreciation Week, we appreciate the incredible work of Dr. Qinran Liu Qinran Liu, our postdoctoral fellow American Cancer Society #Cancer #Disparity #Research team! Thank you for all you do! Read more here: cancer.org/research/acs-r… ACS Research ACSNews