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Descriptor English: American Cancer Society
Descriptor Spanish: American Cancer Society
Descriptor American Cancer Society
Scope note: Organización voluntaria implicada en la prevención y el tratamiento del cáncer a través de la educación y la investigación.
Descriptor Portuguese: American Cancer Society
Descriptor French: Société américaine du cancer
Entry term(s): American Cancer Societies
Cancer Societies, American
Cancer Society, American
Societies, American Cancer
Society, American Cancer
Tree number(s): N03.540.630.780.080
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000570
Scope note: A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of cancer through education and research.
Annotation: add UNITED STATES or specific state; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
OG organization & administration
Previous Indexing: Neoplasms (1966-1974)
Societies, Medical (1966-1974)
Societies, Scientific (1966-1974)
Voluntary Health Agencies (1966-1974)
specific neoplasm
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES 1975-90
Online Note: search VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES 1967-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES 1975-90
DeCS ID: 573
Unique ID: D000570
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
American Cancer Society - Preferred
Concept UI M0000890
Scope note A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of cancer through education and research.
Preferred term American Cancer Society
Entry term(s) American Cancer Societies
Cancer Societies, American
Cancer Society, American
Societies, American Cancer
Society, American Cancer



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