American Cancer Society

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cancer organization health organization nonprofit organization

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide voluntary health organization in the United States dedicated to eliminating cancer through research, education, advocacy, and patient support.

Aliases (1)

American Society for the Control of Cancer ×1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cancer organization → health organization → nonprofit organization →
country	United States →
field	medical research → oncology → public health →
focus	cancer → cancer advocacy → cancer education → cancer prevention → cancer research → patient support →
founded	1913 →
foundedBy	Charles A. L. Reed → Charles D. Norton → Charles Evans Hughes → Charles H. Mayo → Charles J. Hatfield → Charles W. Eliot → Cleveland E. Dodge → Cleveland H. Dodge → Cyrus H. K. Curtis → E. E. Rittenhouse → Edward H. Harkness → Felix M. Warburg → Franklin Martin → Frederick H. Gillett → George A. Soper → George Eastman → George F. Baker → George Vincent → George W. Crile → George W. Perkins → Henry P. Davison → Herbert Hoover → J. P. Morgan Jr. → Jacob H. Schiff → James Douglas → James Ewing → John D. Rockefeller Jr. → Julius Rosenwald → Marion LeRoy Burton → Mary Harriman Rumsey → Mortimer L. Schiff → Otto H. Kahn → Paul M. Warburg → Robert W. de Forest → Rosalie Slaughter Morton → Thomas W. Lamont → Vincent Astor → William B. Mayo → William C. Gorgas → William H. Park → William H. Taft → William H. Welch → William H. Welch Jr. → William J. Mayo → William J. Schieffelin Jr. → William Lawrence →
fundingSource	corporate partnerships → donations → fundraising events →
goal	improve quality of life for cancer patients and survivors → reduce cancer incidence → reduce cancer mortality →
hasMethod	advocating for public policy changes → conducting public education campaigns → funding cancer research grants → providing patient support services →
hasTaxStatus	501(c)(3) nonprofit →
hasVolunteerBase	yes →
headquartersLocation	Atlanta, Georgia →
language	English →
legalStatus	voluntary health organization →
mission	eliminate cancer as a major health problem →
notableProgram	Hope Lodge → Making Strides Against Breast Cancer → Relay For Life → Road To Recovery →
operatesIn	United States →
originalName	American Society for the Control of Cancer →
publishes	Cancer Facts & Figures → guidelines for cancer screening →
scope	nationwide →
website	https://www.cancer.org →
worksWith	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention → National Cancer Institute → World Health Organization →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hope Lodge → Road To Recovery →	operatedBy
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer → Relay For Life →	organizedBy
Commission on Cancer →	collaboratesWith
Hope Lodge →	fundedBy
Atlanta →	isHeadquartersOf
American Cancer Society ("American Society for the Control of Cancer") →	originalName
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer →	parentOrganization
Cancer Facts & Figures →	publisher
Road To Recovery →	sponsoredBy