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Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

... (CDC). They will also encourage lawmakers to co-sponsor legislation that supports patients ' quality of life by increasing access to palliative care, an extra layer of support that can be provided at any age or any stage of illness. Additionally, they will call on lawmakers to close a ... Long & Aldridge, and Brian Eberle from Sherman & Howard. Wednesday morning, ACS CAN will present its corporate recognition award to CVS Chief Health Strategy Officer Thomas Moriarty, for CVS Health 's leadership in promoting public health and wellness, which is exemplified by the company 's bold decision to discontinue tobacco sales. ...

Minnesotans Honor Lives Impacted by Cancer with Hopeful, Powerful Display at State Capitol

... resident. “Cancer patients and survivors need to know we’re still here advocating for them, for critical research funds and access to health care,” she added. Whiting has seen the impact of cancer on families and knows the pain of losing loved ones to this dreaded disease. That’s why ...

Wisconsin Cancer Advocates Send Powerful Message to Lawmakers with Touching Lights of Hope Display

... at the University of Wisconsin and American Cancer Society research scholar, spoke during the event and urged lawmakers to expand access to health care and approve critical research funds. “Today, advancements in cancer research are saving more lives than ever. Strong and consistent federal ...

2018 Legislative Session Update

... 10 years the program has reduced smoking rates to the lowest we have ever seen and saved the state over $17.7 billion dollars in smoking related health care costs.   We would like to thank you for your continued commitment, and for the important role you played in a very successful legislative ...

Guest Post: A Firsthand Perspective on the Importance of Protecting Research Funding

... back and forth between the labs and the clinics as they cooperate to develop new screening tools and drugs to prevent cancer and provide better care for cancer patients. Where does this gold standard bi-directional research happen? At the 40 National Cancer Institute-designated ... by far the top funder of cancer research. No other funding source comes close. In fact, National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health funded 75 percent of the research conducted at Norris Cotton in the past 10 years. Nearly $53 million in medical research funds come to New ...

Feinstein-Mikulski-Collins Amendment Would Add $390 Million to Budget for Cancer Research and Programs

... (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME), would provide an additional $390 million in cancer funding for Fiscal Year 2007 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The amendment addresses cancer specific research and programs with increases of $240 million ... the support of federal lawmakers. We hope the entire Senate will join their colleagues and support this amendment because cancer research and care belong in the lab and in the doctor’s office, not on the cutting room floor.” Both amendments would counter congressional action last fall ...

Guest Blog - Improving Patient Education and Access: How Can We Better Leverage Advances in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

... them, giving doctors the right amount of information to make a therapy decision. The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has recognized the potential impact of targeted NGS on cancer and is using it to help match patients to ongoing drug trials through its ... Doctors and healthcare networks have a responsibility to their patients to provide the most effective innovations so patients get the right care.  The issue of economics, on the other hand, is harder to overcome. NGS-based tests provide a significantly higher value to patients and ... Medicare and Medicaid – can help tremendously by coordinating NGS-focused trials across multiple labs to exponentially expand patient and health economics data. The information they gather would help establish clinical utility and cost justification, which is what insurers rightfully ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Statehouse to Rally Legislators

... 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’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

WeŠ—'re All Just One Degree from Cancer

... Hollywood celebrities and grassroots advocates nationwide to ask Congress to increase medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion over two years, including $1 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). WeŠ—'re launching the One Degree campaign at a critical point for the future of patient care. Federal funding for medical research has declined more than 24 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since 2003, forcing cancer centers to ...

Cancer Community Leaders Make Case for Federal Funding to Deliver Promising Local Research from Labs to Doctors' Offices

... said Chris Hansen, president, ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. Any funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health will jeopardize the innovative research at local cancer centers that has resulted in the dramatic progress we have seen during the past 40 ... Obama 's Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal included cuts for research funding at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congress is now beginning consideration of a budget ... biotech center in the country and 17,500 of its citizens are employed in the industry. One in five jobs in Seattle are tied to the health care sector overall. For every new position created at the Hutchinson Center 1.53 new jobs are created in Seattle. Federal funding for medical ...

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