Estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2023 by cancer site and US state Current cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics Information on cancer symptoms, risk factors, early ...

As an Associate Scientist in Data Analysis within Population Science, Marisa Wong, MPH, works with other American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers and outside collaborators to conduct statistical ...

Eating a balanced diet can lower your cancer risk and improve your overall health. Replace refined grains, added sugars, and highly processed foods with whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits.

Microplastics can contaminate soil, water, and air. As a result, they become part of the environment. “Microplastics can get ...

Start your day with a light meal, unless your doctor has said otherwise. Be sure to dress comfortably and wear something that ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which was co-created by the American Cancer Society (ACS) in 1985. It began as a week-long campaign to educate women about ...

Select your age below to learn which cancer screening tests the American Cancer Society recommends. The choices you make about diet, physical activity, and other habits can also affect your overall ...

People who currently smoke or formerly smoked are at higher risk for lung cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends yearly lung cancer screening with a low-dose CT scan (LDCT) for some of these ...

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 ...

Precancerous cells, also called premalignant cells, are abnormal cells that have changes in how they look or grow. The cells are not cancer, but they show changes that raise the risk of turning into ...

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, ...

Surgery has been used to treat cancer for many, many years. Surgery also plays a key role in diagnosing cancer and finding out how far it may have spread. Cancer surgery is done by specialists called ...