American Cancer Society - Ann Arbor

Mission: To improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

The American Cancer Society is the nation’s leading cancer-fighting organization, dedicated to improving the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support. Founded in 1913, we have a long history of advancing public awareness, funding groundbreaking research, and driving policy change to prevent, detect, treat, and help people survive cancer. With a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone, we’ve invested over $5 billion in cancer research and contributed to a 33% decline in U.S. cancer death rates—saving an estimated 3.8 million lives since 1991.

While most people know us for our research, we do so much more. We work to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. We advocate for lifesaving policy changes. We promote healthy lifestyles to help you prevent cancer. We research cancer and its causes to find more answers and better treatments. We provide information, answers, and support to people in every community who have been touched by cancer. And we do it all 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.