Three ways you can help to lower your cancer risk are: 1: Avoid using alcohol and tobacco. Both alcohol and tobacco are known ...

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people are 75% more likely to die from liver cancer and 2 to 3 times more likely ...

As the luminary ceremony began and candlelit bags glowed in the dark, each carrying the name of a loved one, Zach felt ...

Bobbie Parker remembers the moment her life changed forever. It was 1987, not long after she lost her mother, Mary, to ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you are sure to get the disease. Certain ...

VOICES of Black Women is a long-term study led by the Population Science team within the American Cancer Society (ACS) that aims to enroll at least 100,000 Black women ages 25 - 55 in the United ...

We’re here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help guide you through your cancer experience. Whether you’ve recently been diagnosed, are currently going through treatment, or are caring for a loved one ...

Allana Roach, PhD, MSB, is a senior associate scientist (program manager) for the Clinical and Population Sciences Program in Extramural Discovery Science at the American Cancer Society (ACS). She is ...

Though measles was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2020, this contagious disease is making a comeback. For people with weakened immune systems from cancer or cancer treatment, the risks of ...

The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable, established by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2014, is a national coalition of public ...