American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society (ACS ) is a medical organization founded in 1913 in the United States. The philosophy states that the organization is a " supra-regional, based on the Community voluntary health organization that is intended to cancer than to create a major health problem in the world by preventing cancer, saving lives, reducing the suffering from cancer through research, training, defense and use. "The association is headquartered in Atlanta and has offices in all 50 states and Puerto Rico in more than 3,400 local offices.

The American Cancer Society was founded in 1913 as the American Society for the Control of Cancer ( ASCC ) by 15 physicists and business men in New York City. She took her current name in 1945 and became an organization.

The activities include providing grants to researchers, running public health campaigns and the organization of the Great American Smokeout with a.