american cancer society

Atrium Health receives grant to provide transportation for cancer patients

Neal Charnoff

Atrium Health has received funding to help provide transportation for patients receiving cancer treatment. The American Cancer Society has awarded a total…

Health & Safety

Report: Breast Cancer Death Rate Declines, Racial Disparity In Outcomes Remains

Bethany Chafin

A report from the American Cancer Society shows that the breast cancer death rate has fallen 39 percent since 1989. Dr. Alexandria Thomas of Wake Forest…

Science

Clever New Cancer Treatments Being Developed Locally

Shawn Fitzmaurice

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem. Follow…

Health & Safety

Cancer Replaces Heart Disease As North Carolina's Number One Killer

Sean Bueter

Cancer is now the top cause of death in North Carolina, and in many other states around the country. That's according to the American Cancer Society's…