What cancer patients, their families, and caregivers need to know about the coronavirus.
Whether you or someone you love has cancer, knowing what to expect can help you cope. From basic information about cancer and its causes to in-depth information on specific cancer types – including risk factors, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment options – you’ll find it here.
You can help reduce your risk of cancer by making healthy choices like eating right, staying active and not smoking. It’s also important to follow recommended screening guidelines, which can help detect certain cancers early.
Whether you want to learn about treatment options, get advice on coping with side effects, or have questions about health insurance, we’re here to help. We can even find you a free ride to treatment or a free place to stay when treatment is far from home.
Our team of expert journalists brings you all angles of the cancer story – from breaking news and survivor stories to in-depth insights into cutting-edge research.
What does it take to outsmart cancer? Research. We’ve invested more than $4.9 billion in cancer research since 1946, all to find more – and better – treatments, uncover factors that may cause cancer, and improve cancer patients’ quality of life.
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The American Cancer Society couldn’t do what we do without the support of our partners. Learn more about these partnerships and how you too can join us in our mission to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer.
At the American Cancer Society, we’re on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until we do, we’ll be funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients, and spreading the word about prevention. All so you can live longer — and better.
Get reliable information from the American Cancer Society to help educate yourself and your staff, and learn more about how the American Cancer Society is working to end health disparities and fight cancer around the world.
The American Cancer Society provides guidelines that help the public and health professionals better prevent and detect cancer.
The American Cancer Society has developed a series of cancer survivorship care guidelines to help primary care and other clinicians provide comprehensive clinical follow-up care to adult post-treatment cancer survivors.
The American Cancer Society adheres to strict protocol to develop and revise our guidelines.
Educate yourself and your staff on cancer-related topics with up-to-date information from the American Cancer Society.
Inform your patients with easy-to-read materials, as well as videos and interactive tools, on a variety of topics including prevention and early detection, treatment, side effects, and survivorship.
Get free materials to help you encourage colorectal cancer screening among your patients.
Get tools and resources to help explain the pros and cons of prostate cancer testing to your patients.
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Working to accelerate the reduction of tobacco use and elimination of tobacco-caused cancers and death.
In collaboration with a worldwide network of partnerships, we are urging governments and international organizations to recognize that cancer is a global priority requiring an urgent response.
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Visit the American Cancer Society’s new Cancer Statistics Center website to explore, interact with, and share cancer statistics.
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