Coaches vs. Cancer is a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Since 1993, this initiative has engaged coaches nationwide to ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) strongly supports the critical role of vaccination in promoting public health and protecting communities impacted by cancer. Vaccines are an essential part of care ...

A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

Awardees will receive $330,000 grants co-funded by Yosemite and the American Cancer Society to pursue critical cancer ...

Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that women and other individuals with a cervix follow this guideline to help find cervical cancer early. Following this guideline can also help find ...

About 22,720 people will be diagnosed with AML (12,160 males and 10,560 females). Most cases will be in adults. About 11,500 people will die from AML (6,520 males and 4,980 females). Again, most of ...

After someone is diagnosed with stomach cancer (gastric cancer), doctors will do exams and tests to help determine if it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a ...

Plastic turns up everywhere in modern life for good reason. It’s adaptable, sturdy, and light. Plastic can help make cars safer and keep food fresher for longer. But all that plastic comes with a ...

People facing cancer are often searching for hope, especially when the disease gets worse or treatments stop working. But some online stories about “miracle” cancer cures can be misleading and even ...

They’re smokeless, don’t contain tobacco, and are available all over the place. But are nicotine pouches really safe? The connection between smoking and cancer has been known for decades. But it may ...

HPV can be passed from one person to another by intimate skin-to-skin contact. It’s not spread through blood or body fluids. HPV can be spread to someone else even when an infected person has no signs ...