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... and clinical trial across Minnesota, and what researchers need to ensure all patients can equitably access the latest innovations in cancer care and treatment. Every new breakthrough in freeing the world from the pain and suffering of cancer - from new cures to innovative ways to ... prevent and treat the disease - have one thing in common; the research was in some way funded by the federal government's National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.  This virtual event will discuss Community Oncology Research Programs (NCORP), the impact that NIH and ... , Principal Investigator, Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium Bret E. Friday, Ph.D., M.D. , Principal Investigator, Essentia Health Community NCORP Preston D. Steen, M.D. , Principal Investigator, Sanford Community Cancer Program NCORP Kelly Leibold , ACS CAN Minnesota ...

Washington, D.C., —Today the president introduced his proposed 2018 budget, which includes deep cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Medicaid. If approved by Congress, the cuts ... cuts combined with the more than $600 billion reduction for Medicaid funding, could leave millions of Americans without access  to meaningful health care and prevention services. “To date, the federal government has played a critical role in our ability to reduce the cancer burden. Such ...

... impact the potential for progress in the national effort to defeat cancer.  Funding for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and proven cancer prevention and control programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hang in the balance.  Senators will also vote on whether to allow enforcement of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that are critical to people with cancer and their families to proceed as scheduled. Following is a statement from the American Cancer ... when policyholders become sick. Additionally, it is critical to protect the historic federal investment in prevention through the new Public Health Fund, and federal oversight of the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan providing coverage to those who need it most. “ACS CAN ...

... has for the fifth consecutive year put forward appropriations legislation essentially flat funding cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "It is incredibly disappointing that this president and his allies in Congress have so little regard for the concerns of the American public, which has said repeatedly that improving health care is its No. 1 domestic priority.  Each passing year that legislators and the Administration refuse to make cancer research a priority, we risk ...