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September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients. This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...
September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update
... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients. This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...
IN State Lead Volunteer on the Importance of Clinical Trials
... developed as a result of clinical trials, they rarely get the funding they need to sustain. Clinical Trials are key to Progress in Cancer Care Clinical trials are critical in discovering the effectiveness of new cancer treatments. The most significant benefit of clinical trials is ... generations but future ones as well. Furthermore, they provide diverse options for cancer patients, while allowing physicians to improve cancer care. The patients who participate in these studies gain access to the most recent changes in treatment, prevention, and diagnosis that are developed by leading cancer specialists around the nation. Clinical studies drive health and cancer care forward. Clinical trials focus on creating new cancer therapies, while refining existing ones. Through research, ...
Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase
... Society Cancer Action Network 916 802-4033 [email protected] Tobacco Users Trying to Quit Ahead of April 1 $2 Tax Increase Health Groups Offer Resources for Californians Wanting to End the Addiction Sacramento, CA – March 31, 2017 – It’s no April Fool’s joke: ... every state that has significantly raised its cigarette tax, pack sales have decreased sharply. According to the US Surgeon General, the World Health Organization and the Institute of Medicine, raising the price of tobacco is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use. “Today, ... and education program that has been credited with averting more than a million premature deaths and saving more than $138 billion in health care costs since its inception 28 years ago. Proposition 56 will more than triple this program’s funding, which has been eroding for decades and ...
Cancer Advocates Urge House Members to Follow Senate Lead and Support Legislation to Restore Funding for Federal Cancer Programs
... Members on both sides of the aisle who have taken a stand to continue their fight. “The Society applauds the bipartisan show of support for health care funding we have seen in the Senate and are now seeing in the House,” said Daniel E. Smith, the Society’s national vice president of ... as early as today in the House Budget Committee that is similar to an amendment approved overwhelmingly in the Senate to add $7 billion for health and education programs for fiscal year 2007. DeLauro’s amendment would restore recent funding cuts to critical health care programs and ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Lawmakers to Increase Funding to State’s Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
... in colorectal cancer screenings throughout the nation and over a year later cancer patients and survivors continue to report delays in their care. With so many South Carolinians now uninsured and others still uncertain about their health status, support for our results-driven state screening programs is crucial to saving the lives of thousands in our state.” Despite being ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever ...
Let's Screen New York Action Center
The Let’s #ScreenNY campaign is a statewide coalition of patient advocacy groups, health systems, community organizations, individuals, policymakers, and others who are committed to helping ensure that all New Yorkers get back to ... are listed in this web page. Sign up for the Let’s #ScreenNY campaign Share your cancer story Do you have a story about trouble accessing care? Have high out-of-pocket costs, insurer policies, or other obstacles caused you to delay cancer screening? Have you been able to get your ... is required? In New York, it might not be covered by insurance. Multiple studies have shown that individuals are less likely to seek health services, including preventive screenings, when they must pay for those services out-of-pocket. We need your voice! Please send a message ...
Increasing Access to Biomarker Testing
... needed. What is biomarker testing? Biomarker testing helps get the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. Progress in improving health outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, ... of a patient’s tissue, blood, or fluid biospecimen for the presence of a biomarker. Biomarker testing is increasingly important for cancer care – and for the treatment of other diseases. Thirty-seven of the 62 oncology drugs launched in the past five years require or recommend ... us. Additional Information Visit the National Biomarker Homepage Biomarkers and Clinical Trials Precision Medicine and Biomarker Testing Health Equity and Biomarker Testing Increasing Access to Biomarker Testing ...
Budget Measures that Would Signal Cancer Prevention and Detection Is a Priority in New Jersey
... Tobacco “Fact-based, statewide tobacco prevention and cessation programs equip people with the tools to stop using tobacco, communicating the health outcomes associated with tobacco products and dismantling the systemic disparities perpetuated by the tobacco industry. As Big Tobacco has ... early detection and research initiatives and reducing the influence of tobacco on New Jerseyans, our state can reduce disparities in access to care, create healthier communities and prevent disease.” ### About ACS CAN The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) makes ... 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 ...
Cancer Patients, Survivors, Caregivers and Volunteers Urge Congress to Increase Cancer Research Funding
... Cancer (OVAC) lobby day to ask their legislators to fund cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as cancer prevention funding at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A poll recently commissioned by OVAC, ... and Prevention (CDC) is “extremely” or “very” important and 60 percent think CDC funding should be increased. “Cancer doesn’t care how old you are, where you live, or what political party you support,” said Caroline Powers, ACS CAN federal relations director and OVAC ... 2.1 million people diagnosed with cancer in 2025. For a link to the polling memo, visit https://bit.ly/2wIUKKU . For a full list of the OVAC health care groups joining ACS CAN in this year’s lobby day, visit http://ovaconline.org/members.html . 0 Cancer Patients, Survivors, Caregivers ...
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