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Report Says Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact of New Interventions |
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—Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer and Tobacco Are Growing Health Concerns in Africa |
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—In an unprecedented meeting between the media, cancer and tobacco control nongovernmental organizations, and the health care sector, African journalists gathered here yesterday to discuss Africa’s growing cancer and tobacco crisis.
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New Understanding of Cancer Care for Seniors, and the Well-Being of Cancer Caregivers |
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—The American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation present the conference Cancer Survivorship Research: Mapping the New Challenges.
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New Study Shows American Cancer Society Program Helps Employers Implement Cost-Effective Chronic Disease Prevention Strategies |
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—Workplace Solutions consulting service helps employers develop strategies for comprehensive chronic disease prevention program.
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Coaches vs. Cancer® Golf Invitational Set for Legendary Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio |
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—The American Cancer Society will host the ninth annual Coaches vs. Cancer® Golf Invitational, Sunday and Monday, June 1-2, at the fabled Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio.
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ACS Statement on Senator Edward Kennedy from Otis W. Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer, American Cancer Society |
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American Cancer Society Honors Exemplary Cancer Caregivers |
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—Eight outstanding cancer care providers from a variety of backgrounds and regions received the 2008 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national prize for cancer caring.
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New Guidelines for Treatment of Tobacco Dependence Released |
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—The U.S. Public Health Service today released an updated version of the clinical guidelines for treating tobacco dependence. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update contains strategies and recommendations designed to guide doctors and other medical professionals to help smokers quit.
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Study Finds Patients Overestimate Cancer Screening History |
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—A new American Cancer Society study finds female African American patients tend to overestimate their level of cancer screening, indicating that current estimates of screening based on self-reported data may be lower than reported
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American Cancer Society Report Details Cancer Prevention Efforts |
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—An annual report from the American Cancer Society highlights that long-term favorable trends have stalled for several factors that have been responsible for declining cancer death rates in the U.S.
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American Cancer Society Awards Research Grants to 133 Investigators at 84 Institutions Nationwide |
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—The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 133 national research and training grants totaling more than $54 million in the second of two grant cycles for 2008.
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Increased Life Expectancy Seen For Patients with Advanced Colorectal, Ovarian and Testicular Cancer |
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—A new study indicates that patients receiving treatments for late stage testicular, colorectal and ovarian cancer have increased life expectancy, resulting from the proportion of patients cured or by prolonging survival among non-cured patients
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