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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 ...
We'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). We'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 ...
Congress Can Be Heroes by Cutting Smoking Rates
... our nation's lawmakers know they can make a difference. By increasing the federal tobacco tax we can save lives from tobacco use, save the health care system money and generate some much needed revenue a win-win-win for all. Congress Can Be Heroes by Cutting Smoking Rates ...
Basketball Coaches Take Fight Against Cancer Off the Court
... research at NIH and NCI , protecting funding for cancer prevention and screening programs at the CDC and through the Prevention and Public Health Fund and by supporting legislation that will expand access to palliative care that improves the quality of life of cancer patients, these lawmakers recognize every member of Congress can make a serious impact on this ...
Measuring State Progress in Our Fight Against Cancer
Our ability to eliminate death and suffering from cancer relies on advancing strong cancer-fighting public health policies in every state in our country. State and local lawmakers have the potential – and responsibility – to implement policies proven ... from cancer. I look forward to the release of this report every summer. For me, it’s both an acknowledgement of the many noteworthy public health victories achieved by patient advocates and policymakers throughout the country, and a roadmap of critical steps lawmakers must take as they ... on eight policy issues that critically impact cancer incidence and death in the United States: Increased Access to Medicaid Access to Palliative Care Balanced Pain Policy Cigarette Excise Tax Rates Smoke-free Laws Tobacco Control Program Funding Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Cessation ...
ACS CAN Celebrates Oral Chemotherapy Parity Victory in Nebraska
... is incredibly important for cancer patients who live far away from a hospital and depend on the convenience of oral chemo drugs for the care they need. ACS CAN staff and volunteers worked closely with State Senator Jeremy Nordquist, who introduced the measure, to bring the bill to a ... IV-administered anti-cancer medications. Also in the past few months, some states have tightened their legislative language, resulting in health plans complying to reduce the current cost sharing for oral chemotherapy that had previously been a problem for cancer patients. ACS CAN ...
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Begins with Reintroduction of Medicare Loophole Bill
... deterrent to screening for colorectal cancer especially for low-income seniors on Medicare who oftentimes must make choices between appropriate health care and food or other costs. Skipping these screenings could mean a person receives a later-stage colorectal cancer diagnosis that can often be ...
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 ...
Guest Post: Closing the Colorectal Cancer Screening Loophole
... prevent half of all colorectal cancer deaths. The last thing we should be doing is making it more expensive or difficult for people to get the care they need. As a survivor, I’m dedicated to making sure I do everything I can to maintain my own health and making sure others have the ability to be healthy too. Congress isn’t known for its speed, but in this case, they should race to ...
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 ...