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ACS CAN Report Highlights Critical Need for Sustained Funding for Cancer Research

... in the fight to end death and suffering related to cancer. The report focuses on the impact of federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in driving new discovery in laboratories and cancer research centers across the country.ξ Highlighting federally funded scientists ... with helping her to survive stage II breast cancer after being diagnosed three months into her pregnancy, and then giving her the ability to care for her newborn daughter. Cancer research produced my miracle drug, Bender said. With the least impact on my quality of life, the drug doubled ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Local Resident Kathy Ottele Receives Top Volunteer Award for Excellence in Cancer Advocacy

... fight cancer in Oregon. Additionally, she has built strong relationships with state and federal lawmakers, establishing herself as a leader in health care and patient advocacy. Aside from advocacy, Ottele excels at fundraising, engaging community leaders and organizations, speaking with the ...

ACS CAN Provided Nearly $1 Million in Support From Amgen to Expand Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment Through Improved Technology and Patient Support

... enrollment in cancer clinical trials. The project will integrate regional cancer clinical trial matching capability into existing electronic health record (EHR) systems and will utilize clinical trial navigators to help patients address logistical and financial challenges to enrolling in ... collaboration with the CodeX , a member-driven HL7 FHIR Accelerator leveraging interoperability standards towards better and innovative patient care and research. With funding secured, ACS CAN and the partners within CodeX are finalizing the protocol for the pilot study, which will be ...

2023 ACS CAN Hawaii Cancer Action Day Training

... all lawmakers: 2023 Hawaii Legislative Priorities Civil Beat article: Researchers Hope Hawaii Lawmakers Fund Cancer Research This Year Advancing Health Equity in Cancer Care Through Telehealth Preserving Local Control   Volunteer Advocate Packet  - All you need to be ready for Cancer Action Day! Agenda 2023 ...

Three-time Cervical Cancer Survivor Highlights Importance of Screening during Awareness Event at Las Vegas Sign

... and immunotherapy.  By December, Gonzales-Russell’s cancer was cleared, but returned for a third time in February 2020. This time, her care team in Nevada ran out of treatment options. Gonzales-Russell turned to doctors in Los Angeles and underwent a pelvic exenteration. She now ... to the levels put forward by the Senate, for cancer research and prevention funding. Increased funding would support programs like Women’s Health Connection in Nevada which offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income, high-risk, uninsured, and underinsured women ...

Guest Post: Giving a Face to Childhood Cancer Action Day

... research funding and has seen firsthand the impact this advocacy work has had on me. She finds it exciting that we’re speaking up for those we care about and can give a voice to those who may not have one.  That’s why it was so important to us to be in Washington, D.C. to join more than ... Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) to advocate for increased funding for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for ask for their support of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment Access and Research (STAR) Act which would advance ...

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

... prevention  funding, ACS CAN volunteer advocates will also encourage lawmakers to advance legislation that  addresses disparities in cancer care and  supports  more equitable access to  cancer clinical trials  through the  Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act  (the Act) ... , who is co-chair of the  House  Cancer Caucus,  and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)  who is  a powerful voice in the effort to decrease health disparities.   Massachusetts  State Senat or John Keenan and State Representative Danielle Gregoire  are also award recipients for their ... cancer fight, is being given to  Jeffrey B. Dubner  of the  Democracy Forward Foundatio n  for   his tremendous work  representing public health groups in a lawsuit brought against the FDA for its failure to meet its obligations under the Tobacco Control Act.   “ We all have a ...

Small Town Relay For Life Events Make Big Waves for Advocacy

... death and suffering from cancer. ACS CAN and its volunteers encourage candidates and lawmakers to fund research and provide access to quality health care, prevention, early detection and treatment so we can all fight back. Advocacy was first incorporated into Relay For Life in 2002. In the years ...

Cancer Survivors Rally in Hundreds of Events across the Country to Call for Sustained Federal Funding of Cancer Research

... centers, hospitals, state fairs, schools, and American Cancer Society Hope Lodge facilities. Today an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will celebrate the role of patients, survivors and caregivers in cancer research and care. In Michigan, local volunteers are sponsoring an art contest and silent auction. In Pittsburgh, PA nearly 1,000 supporters are expected to ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

New Jersey is taking a giant leap forward in the war against cancer. Here's how

... $5 million for the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection program in his executive budget proposal, representing a huge win for public health. NJCEED provides under- and uninsured New Jersey residents with access to breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings at no ... suffer and die from preventable disease. New Jersey took another huge step forward in improving residents’ access to lifesaving preventative care when, at the beginning of 2023, the Legislature passed the Colorectal Cancer Screening Cost-Sharing Removal Act. Starting July 1, 2023, no New ...

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