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American Cancer Society Videos

Dearborn Heights Relay For Life kick-off ralley
February 13, 2012 | Press & Guide

Daffodil Days
February 10, 2012 | KMTV CBS 3 Omaha

Jest Serendipity Improv
February 06, 2012 | KTNV Las Vegas, NV

American Cancer Society Wikipedia Information

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 group has its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and has branches in all 50 U.S...

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Popular mammography tool not effective for finding invasive breast cancer
July 27, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 27, 2011 — Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology is ineffective in finding breast tumors, and appears to increase a woman’s risk of...

Annual Report: U.S. Cancer Death Rates Decline, but Disparities Remain
June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011 - Newly published statistics from the American Cancer Society show that cancer death rates in the U.S. continue to decrease, but that cancer death...

Relay for Life
June 25, 2011
From 9 AM this morning to 9 AM on Sunday - River City HS will be the home of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. About 40 teams will be wet up with...

The Hidden Skin Cancer Risk From Flip-Flops, Baseball Caps
June 15, 2011
MAYWOOD, Ill. June 14, 2011 – Cheap, convenient and casual, baseball caps and flip-flops have a trendy charm. Those qualities make them must-wear accessories for...

Scientists call for safety testing of chemicals to include prenatal exposures
June 22, 2011
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, June 22, 2011 - A review published online June 22 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP)...

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How DNA finds its match
February 08, 2012 | UC Davis News
The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society. ...

Briefs: Relay for Life teams sought in Yuba- Sutter
January 09, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
A free team registration drive is set for the American Cancer Society 2012 Relay for Life, with monthly team captain meetings scheduled before the June event. The registration...

Health Briefs
September 11, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Yuba City Free program for female cancer patients'' Look Good, Feel Better,'' a free program for women undergoing cancer treatments, is offered every other month in Yuba City by the American Cancer Society ...

News Briefs: Cancer Society benefit in Live Oak on Tuesday
December 01, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The Live Oak community will honor loved ones during'' Love Lights a Tree,'' a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society sponsored by the Live Oak Lions Club. The event is...

From around the web

You should get to know: Tim Scheib
February 06, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
How I give back to the community: I have volunteered with the Red Cross and the United Way, and I am looking to contribute to the American Cancer Society as much as...

U of I football recruit is already a winner where it counts
January 30, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, which strikes about 11 young males for each million with the illness, according to the American Cancer Society.'' I'd heard about...

Your Students, Your Schools - - Urbandale, Johnston & Dallas Center- Grimes
January 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Maroon Crew and Dowling Catholic are doing another fundraiser for the American Cancer Society by selling pink'' Beat Cancer'' wristbands for $3 leading up to winter formal...

Your Students, Your Schools - - Des Moines south
January 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Maroon Crew and Dowling Catholic are doing another fundraiser for the American Cancer Society by selling pink'' Beat Cancer'' wristbands for $3 leading up to winter formal...

Your Students, Your Schools - - Des Moines east/north
January 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Maroon Crew and Dowling Catholic are doing another fundraiser for the American Cancer Society by selling pink' -- Beat Cancer' -- wristbands for $3 leading up to winter...

American Cancer Society on twitter

	Proceeds from Tim Mantoani's Behind Photographs: Archiving Photographic Legends donated to the American Cancer Society http://t.co/ZIFxoELc Twitter: @BlueCraneDig_jm
	Everyone should make Sum bake goods like Brownies or cookies who go to AHS and Donate them to Key Club Tommrw for American Cancer society Twitter: @FLYGUY_MH
	EITR Cut-A-Thon for American Cancer Society Twitter: @darkmantli
	EITR Cut-A-Thon for American Cancer Society Twitter: @pakumau
	just made a donation to my sister's (@x0_natacha) American Cancer Society relay team - y'all should donate SOMETHING https://t.co/PwDPclYW Twitter: @Iantunes113
	Our Mission - The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization... http://t.co/wqrBTyrq Twitter: @wphotot