Cancer survivor stories from the American Cancer Society.

Chris Lopez was the youngest colon cancer patient his oncologist had ever treated. At 29, Chris was 16 years younger than the ...

The 2025 ACS report Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, said that racial inequalities in care and ...

Early in the morning, after she wakes from anesthesia, a 9-year-old patient in Holtz Children’s Hospital’s oncology unit ...

Diets high in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and dietary fiber have been linked with lowering the risk of developing colorectal cancer. But how they work is not fully known.  Scientists think ...

Nutrition is an important thing to consider when you're getting cancer treatment. Eating healthy foods before, during, and after treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. But cancer and ...

For some types of cancer, risk factors are known for the majority of cases. For example, smoking causes most lung cancers. This provides an opportunity for prevention. With multiple myeloma, few cases ...

The Number of Grants for each Cancer Type may include grants not 100% focused on that type of cancer. For example, a grant that focuses 90% on breast cancer and 10% on prostate cancer will be counted ...

The y-axis of this graph has 10-year age ranges, after ages 00 to 19, and up to age 80 and older. The percent change in cancer death rates, from 0 to -70 is on the x-axis. The numbers are negative ...

The y-axis on this graph measures prevalence from 0% to 60%, and the x-axis shows time in years, 1965 at the 0 point, then in 10-year intervals from 1970 to 2020. Curves show the prevalence of smoking ...

Stephanie Diana started caring for her husband Joe after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Joe’s treatment began with surgery to remove the cancer. “After surgery was the most challenging because he ...