American Cancer Society
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US bobsled, skeleton teams slide for causes...spokeswoman Amanda Bird, whose 2-year-old niece was diagnosed with leukemia this summer. Causes selected by the federation included the American Cancer Society, Autism Speaks, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes... In this article: World Cup, Cancer, Bobsled, Emily Azevedo, Muscular Dystrophy Association, and American Cancer Society |
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Medical News Today | October 31, 2009
Drug-Radiation Combo Used To Eradicate Lung Cancer In Mouse Model
The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Concern Foundation, Gibson Foundation, Leukemia of Texas, U.S. Department of Energy and the American Italian Cancer Foundation. Any medical...
In this article: Lung cancer, Cancer, Medical advice, Cancer Research, Targeted therapy, Leukemia, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and University of Camerino
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette | September 13, 2009
front¢er Brenda Hill
...form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2006, she had been involved in Relay for Life long enough to know its fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society were making a real difference. "They have made so many advances in the...
In this article: Cancer, Heber Springs, and Memphis
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Switch That Causes The Body To Produce Cancerous Cells Discovered By Syracuse University Research Team
...published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. In June, Cosgrove received a $720,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to expand his work in leukemia research. Any medical information published on this website is...
In this article: Cancer, Leukemia, Syracuse University, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Peptide, Medical advice, College of Arts and Sciences, and Chronic myelogenous leukemia
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 15, 2008
New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice
...mouse models of human AML and ALL were sensitive to NK cell infusions," Zweidler-McKay said. The American Cancer Society has more about leukemia. SOURCE: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, news release, May 16, 2008
In this article: Leukemia, Graft-versus-host disease, Cincinnati, and University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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A 10-Year Checkup
...treatment, clinical trials, financial issues and more. Nearly all came from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The most valuable document was listed first under "From the...
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The American Cancer Society (ACS) 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."
The Society is organized into thirteen geographical divisions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than 3,400 offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The National Home Office is located in the American Cancer Society Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Society was originally founded in 1913 by 15 physicians and businessmen in New York City under the name American Society for the Control of Cancer (ASCC). The current name was adopted in 1945.
The sword symbol, adopted by the American Cancer Society in 1928, was designed by George E. Durant of Brooklyn, New York. According to Durant, the two serpents forming the handle represent the scientific and medical focus of the Society’s mission and the blade expresses the “crusading spirit of the cancer control movement."
Its activities include providing grants to researchers, running public health advertising campaigns, and organizing projects such as the Relay For Life, Great American Smokeout, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, and Daffodil Days. It operates a series of thrift stores to raise money for its operations. Notable endorsements include the Hopkins 4K for Cancer, a 4000-mile bike ride from Baltimore to San Francisco to raise money for the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge.
- Name:
- American Cancer Society
- Location:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1913
- Key People:
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- Otis Webb Brawley, MD,
- John R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and
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