TOPEKA, Kan. – Sept. 27, 2018 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network will host its third-annual Kansas Cancer Policy Forum for community members about the unique challenges of accessing cancer treatment in rural Kansas on Thursday, Oct. 4. The forum will feature lawmakers and health care leaders from throughout the state.
This year, more than 15,000 Kansans will hear the words "you have cancer." Rural states like Kansas face many obstacles to providing adequate access to cancer screenings, treatments and prevention services. The forum will bring together diverse expert perspectives to explore these challenges and related policy opportunities.
WHO: Tom Bell, president and CEO of the Kansas Hospital Association
Susan Concannon, state representative for district 107
Dr. Bob Moser, former state secretary of health and executive director of The University of Kansas Hospital’s Heart and Stroke Collaborative
Lisse Regehr, deputy director of outreach and advocacy for Thrive Allen County
Mary Jo Taylor, state senator for district 33
WHAT: ACS CAN Kansas Cancer Policy Forum: Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Rural Kansas
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 4
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kansas Health Institute
212 SW 8th Ave. #300, Topeka
For additional details or to register, email Jordan Feuerborn at [email protected].
About ACS CAN
ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy 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 extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.acscan.org.