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 ...

Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer, and can then spread to other areas of the body. To learn more about cancer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many types of tumors can start in the brain or spinal cord. Different tumors are unlikely to all have the same causes, but they might share some things in common. Learn about the causes and risk ...

Implementation Science Team exists to catalyze evidence into practice with health care ecosystem partners across the cancer ...

Cancer Facts & Figures 2026 is an educational companion for Cancer Statistics 2026, a scientific paper published in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. These ...

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 ...

Cancer is still the most common cause of death for men in the US ages 60 to 79 and women ages 40 to 79. For all adults combined, cancer is the second most common cause of death (after heart disease).

The stage of your cancer is one of the most important factors in choosing the best way to treat it. Prostate cancer is staged based on the extent of the cancer (using T, N, and M categories) and the ...