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National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: How to Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved and show your support for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, including online options. From donating to raising awareness to volunteering, you can find an approach ... read more

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Covenant Health Community Spotlight: Fighting cancer doesn’t stop during a pandemic

Cancer patients are some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19. That’s why the American Cancer Society continues to get any resources cancer patients need 24 hours a day. read more

Study indicates that Medicaid expansion has led to earlier cancer detection among individuals with low income

New research found that the likelihood of being diagnosed with advanced cancer decreased among individuals with low income after expansion of Medicaid coverage. The findings are published early online ... read more

Can Early Screening Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality Among Childhood Cancer Survivors?

In survivors of childhood cancer, early initiation of annual breast cancer screening with MRI, with or without mammography, may reduce breast cancer mortality by half or more, according to a study ... read more

The American Cancer Society and Flatiron Health Announce Recipients of the Real-World Data Impact Award

Three American Cancer Society researchers will receive the Real-World Data Impact Award to advance patient-centric research, the ACS and Flatiron Health announced today. The researchers, already ... read more

This New Study Finds That Breast Cancer Is Detected Earlier in States With Expanded Medicaid

A new study finds that a higher percentage of women with breast cancer had their disease diagnosed at an early stage in states with expanded Medicaid coverage. read more

I’m a doctor with Stage 4 cancer during a pandemic | Column

Stage 4 lung cancer, to be exact, even though I have never smoked, and I am only 48 years old. Cancer is scary enough, but now I am in a real unknown, with so many others like me: dealing with ... read more

American Cancer Society to close Hope Lodge for cancer patients in Marshfield

MARSHFIELD - The American Cancer Society announced Friday it will close its Hope Lodge in Marshfield, in part due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The nonprofit organization made ... read more

Do you know how to spot this common type of skin cancer?

With the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are outdoors now more than ever. Take precautions to avoid basal cell carcinoma — and learn how to spot it. read more

Community: 'Light the Fight' to illuminate the fight against cancer July 10

Join us for a night of music, joy, celebration and remembrance. Come support the Relay For Life of Montgomery County as we host our 1st Light the Fight Drive-through Luminaria ... read more

American Cancer Society awards Research Scholar Grant to Brooke Emerling

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that the American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded Brooke Emerling, Ph.D., a Research Scholar Grant to study a new approach to ... read more

Exercise modulation of tumour perfusion and hypoxia to improve radiotherapy response in prostate cancer

An increasing number of studies indicate that exercise plays an important role in the overall care of prostate cancer (PCa) patients before, during and after treatment. Historically, research has ... read more