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CHARLESTON, W. VIRGINIA – MAY 23, 2013 – In honor of the American Cancer Society’s 100th Birthday, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin officially proclaimed the year 2013 as the 100th anniversary of the American Cancer Society in West Virginia and urged all residents of West Virginia to join together to finish the fight against cancer. The [...]
Area golfers encouraged to register for second annual amenity-rich event at National Historic landmark. WHAT: The American Cancer Society will host its second annual Greenbrier Invitational at The Greenbrier Resort, a National Historic landmark in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Mylan is the presenting sponsor of the event in memory of Milan “Mike” Puskar, co-founder, [...]
Fairmont, West Virginia – May 22, 2012 – Tricia Julian, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N., an oncology education coordinator at Fairmont General Hospital, is one of eleven outstanding cancer care providers including several oncologists and nurses, a hospice volunteer and a treatment navigator that has been chosen to receive the 2012 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams [...]
Source: American Cancer Society Copyright 2012 American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. To the nearly 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, each birthday is a special milestone. These days, more people are surviving cancer and living longer – and that’s something to celebrate, especially on National Cancer Survivors Day, held June 3 [...]
Source: American Cancer Society Copyright 2012 American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved. Remember the spontaneity and freedom of recess? The joy of taking a break to run around aimlessly, hang on monkey bars, or jump rope with friends? This May, the American Cancer Society is calling on women everywhere to relive that joy by [...]
November 15, 2011— The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has recently awarded an Institutional Research Grant totaling $180,000 to researchers at West Virginia University. The grant, which goes into effect January 1, 2012, is among 98 national research and training grants awarded in the [...]
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – November 7, 2011 – The local American Cancer Society office formerly located on Jefferson Road in Bluefield, W.Va. has moved to 921 West Neville Street in Beckley, W.Va. The main phone number to the office is (304) 252-5521. The Bluefield location’s lease was not renewed therefore a new office was selected. The [...]
WHEELING W.Va. – The South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society recently selected Jondavid Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., to join its volunteer Board of Directors. Dr. Pollock began his three-year term on Sept. 1, 2011. The South Atlantic Division, the largest Division of the Society with a population of more than 40 million, serves Delaware, [...]
ATLANTA – October 3, 2011—Two of the three scientists receiving the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology are former American Cancer Society research grantees, bringing the number of Nobel Laureates among the Society’s funded researchers to 46. Dr. Bruce A Beutler, professor of genetics and immunology at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, [...]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —July 21, 2011— Jean Tenney, a retired social worker from Webster Springs, W.Va., is one of twenty -five inspirational individuals who received the American Cancer Society’s St. George National Award for outstanding service to the community in support of the Society’s mission to combat cancer. Recipients were chosen based on ongoing leadership, time [...]
Charleston, W.Va. – July 21, 2011 – The American Cancer Society will host its inaugural Greenbrier Invitational at the historical Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. on Monday, August 1, 2011. Over 100 players are expected to tee off the day after the 2011 Greenbrier Classic and recreate its history by playing where the [...]
ATLANTA – May 11, 2011 – Finding out a loved one has cancer can be one of the most difficult things a person will ever have to experience, but caregivers who offer friendship, love and support to the family member or friend diagnosed with the disease do not have to go through the experience alone. [...]