Arif Kamal to join ACS as chief patient officer

ACS studies find widening rural-urban survival and mortality gaps for women with breast cancer

Life-saving advances in breast cancer care are failing to reach rural America equally. In two large studies led by the American Cancer Society, scientists found that survival and mortality disparities between rural and urban women diagnosed with breast cancer widened over time in the United States.

October 16, 2026

Vol.52 No.38

Perspective

Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Scientific advances have produced therapies that allow some people with metastatic breast cancer to live longer and better. We want that progress to continue, and we will continue to fight for the right research necessary to achieve it.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

By Frances M. Visco and Michelle Tregear

Obituary

Harold Freeman, a surgeon who championed health equity, dies at 93
Freeman, the father of patient navigation, served as president of ACS and chair of the President’s Cancer Panel

Harold P. Freeman, a surgeon who started his career in Harlem, where, in addition to performing surgeries, he pioneered the system of patient navigation, and who studied health disparities and served as president of the American Cancer Society and chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, died on Aug. 11. He was 93.

Texas Oncology collaborates with ACS to promote cancer screening efforts across Texas

Texas Oncology is collaborating with the American Cancer Society to improve access to cancer screening and early detection in Texas through a new, exclusive statewide collaboration. The initiative focuses on breaking down barriers to screening, raising awareness about prevention, and helping more people catch cancer early.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centers
Lee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida

Change swept through executive offices at cancer centers in recent weeks, shifting top leadership at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Duke Cancer Institute, and the University of Florida.

I grew up unhoused. Now, with support from ACS, I am an MD-PhD student focused on oncology
My mother instilled in me: “Never become a product of your circumstances.”

My high school experience revolved around constantly worrying about my four younger siblings and mom amidst our normal condition—instability.

August 14, 2026

Vol.52 No.32

By Lavonté Saunders

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Arif Kamal to join ACS as chief patient officer

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ACS studies find widening rural-urban survival and mortality gaps for women with breast cancer

Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access careThis is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Harold Freeman, a surgeon who championed health equity, dies at 93Freeman, the father of patient navigation, served as president of ACS and chair of the President’s Cancer Panel

Texas Oncology collaborates with ACS to promote cancer screening efforts across Texas

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I grew up unhoused. Now, with support from ACS, I am an MD-PhD student focused on oncologyMy mother instilled in me: “Never become a product of your circumstances.”

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Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Harold Freeman, a surgeon who championed health equity, dies at 93
Freeman, the father of patient navigation, served as president of ACS and chair of the President’s Cancer Panel

Cancer leaders play “musical chairs” as executive jobs fill at top cancer centers
Lee replaces Pisters at MD Anderson, Tuveson moves to Duke, and Mitchell is named director at University of Florida

I grew up unhoused. Now, with support from ACS, I am an MD-PhD student focused on oncology
My mother instilled in me: “Never become a product of your circumstances.”