Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

Nearly 100 cancer organizations representing patients, providers and researchers sent a letter to the president and congressional leadership in support of funding the Cancer Moonshot initiative

Advocates are pushing Congress to increase cancer research funding at that National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and to fund the president’s proposal to create the Advanced Research Project on Health (ARPA-H) as part of the FY 2022 federal budget.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is celebrating the 50 th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s signing of the National Cancer Act into law. The law, which took effect December 23, 1971, transformed the nation’s approach to preventing, detecting, and treating the disease.

Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) issued the following statement in response to the announced retirement of the National Institutes of Health Director, Dr. Francis Collins.

BOISE – Idaho cancer advocates from Lewiston to Boise held virtual meetings with their members of Congress this week for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) annual Leadership Summit and Lobby Day to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The group joined nearly 700 other

Nearly 700 cancer advocates, including patients, survivors and their loved ones, from all 50 states and territories and nearly every congressional district will dial into calls and log onto virtual meetings this week to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority

Madison, Wis. – Hundreds of lit bags decorated with the names of those who’ve fought cancer spelled out the words ‘hope’ and ‘cure’ Monday evening on the Wisconsin State Capitol’s steps. The display served as a touching yet powerful reminder to Wisconsin and national lawmakers on the importance of ensuring

St. Paul, Minn. – Hundreds of bags decorated with the names of those who’ve fought cancer were displayed Saturday evening at the Minnesota State Capitol to send a powerful message of hope and to remind Minnesota and national lawmakers on the importance of ensuring the fight against cancer remains a

This year roughly 10,240 Idahoans will be diagnosed with cancer. Thanks in part to advances in cancer research and treatment, we are saving more lives than ever. But cancer remains a critical public health problem and getting new and affordable therapies from the research lab to the patient will require