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... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) North Dakota Cancer Summit is a premier event that brings together community leaders in health care, cancer control, business, education, government and research for meaningful discussions on evidence-based policy to reduce the burden of cancer.  The topic of the fifth annual Cancer Summit is The Future of Cancer Care from Discovery to Delivery: Cancer Research . You will hear from National and local experts in the field of cancer research, including Dr. ...

... the fund’s total to $60 million. The innovation fund provides pilot grants for projects focused on cutting-edge cancer research and patient care. The budget also adds $1.2 million to the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, bringing the program’s total ... The Mary Brogan Program is a federal-state partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health, providing lifesaving cancer screenings for women between the ages of 50-64 with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level. At current ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in ...

... for developing so-called “orphan drugs”. The medical expense deduction allows people who itemize their taxes to subtract out-of-pocket health care expenses, like co-pays, transportation, lodging and other costs not covered by insurance from their taxes. Last year nearly 9 million taxpayers claimed the deduction, the majority of whom had incomes below $75,000. A 2016 study in Health Affairs reported a survey of cancer survivors that showed one-third go into debt and of those more than half incurred more than $10,000 in ...

... 19 th annual One Voice Against Cancer lobby day to request cancer research funding at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health. “As an advocate, I’m grateful to Congress for the strong bipartisan support it has demonstrated over the past three years through ... by OVAC. Hurtig has been an ACS CAN volunteer for two years and currently attends law school at Kansas University, where she focuses on health care. She began volunteering for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life at 15 years old, when her best friend’s stepmother was ...