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The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
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Newly updated prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society reaffirm the recommendation that men should discuss the uncertainties, risks and potential benefits of screening for prostate cancer before deciding whether to be tested.
Some questions and answers about the 2010 update
This March, the American Cancer Society is encouraging men and women 50 and older to make getting tested for colorectal cancer a priority.
Otis W. Brawley, M.D, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, the nations largest voluntary health organization, has been named as one of 100 African Americans making history.
Statement of John R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $7 million over five years to the American Cancer Society to lead and coordinate the African Tobacco Control Consortium.
The American Cancer Society and the Competitor Group, Inc., today announced a new collaboration to empower endurance athletes of all abilities to take a more proactive role in improving their personal health and saving lives from cancer.
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), commonly used to treat prostate cancer, can worsen heart risk factors and may increase the risk of heart attack and/or cardiac death according to a new report.
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