The US Surgeon General has said stopping smoking is “the single most important step that people who smoke can take to enhance the length and quality of their lives.” Quitting is hard. But with help, ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. See how American Cancer Society researchers are helping put an end to this disease. American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers study the most effective ways ...

Costochondritis is not cancer, but its symptoms can resemble those of some types of cancer. It can also develop after certain ...

What does it take to outsmart cancer? Research. The American Cancer Society (ACS) has helped make possible almost every major cancer breakthrough since 1946. Since then, we've invested more than $5 ...

American Cancer Society (ACS) as scientific vice president of Early Cancer Detection Science after 26 years as a researcher at the National Cancer Institute. He facilitates the ACS transition to ...

In 2026, an estimated 158,850 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) will be diagnosed, and 55,230 people will die from the disease in the United States. The Alaska Native population has the highest CRC ...

The American Cancer Society DetermiNation bike events turn every mile into momentum. When you ride with the American Cancer Society, you’re not just signing up for a cycling event — you’re choosing to ...

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, like breast cancer. Many risk factors for breast cancer are beyond your control, like being born female and getting older.

This annual report provides the estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2017, as well as current cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics and information on cancer symptoms, ...

Your cancer risk depends on several factors, including things that can be controlled or modified to help decrease cancer risk like lifestyle behaviors and choices, such as tobacco use, diet, physical ...

If you are diagnosed with thyroid cancer, doctors will try to figure out whether it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a cancer describes how much cancer is ...