HARRISBURG, PA – AUGUST 4, 2023 – Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Legislature passed and Governor Shapiro certified the 2023-24 budget—the contents of which communicate to all Pennsylvanians that their health is a priority.
Today, President Biden nominated Dr. Mandy Cohen to serve as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The role is critical to leading data collection and implementing evidence-based interventions that reduce cancer incidence and mortality including informing state tobacco prevention and cessation programs and preventive screening programs like the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program that improves early detection.
Hoy, la Cámara de Representantes de los EE. UU. y el Senado de EE. UU. presentaron la Ley de Detección para que las comunidades reciban servicios necesarios tempranos y equitativos (SCREENS) para el cáncer, un proyecto de ley que reautorizaría al Programa Nacional de Detección temprana Cáncer de Mama y Cuello uterino (NBCCEDP, por sus siglas en inglés) hasta 2028. Durante más de 30 años, el NBCCEDP ha brindado con eficacia pruebas fundamentales de detección, seguimiento, diagnóstico y tratamiento de cáncer de mama y de cuello uterino a mujeres de ingresos limitados, sin seguro o con seguro insuficiente.
HARRISBURG, PA –APRIL 21, 2023 – Cancer survivors, their families and caregivers from across Pennsylvania will gather at the Capitol building on Tuesday, April 25 to ask legislators to maintain the historic funding levels for the Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and statewide
The following originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on March 24, 2023.
On behalf of the nearly 300,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commend the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking steps to modernize the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) which will help reduce breast cancer mortality.
On behalf of the nearly 300,000 women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commend the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking steps to modernize the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) which will help reduce breast cancer mortality.
Antes del discurso del presidente sobre el Estado de la Nación, La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) hace un llamado al presidente para que enfatice la necesidad de un apoyo bipartidista continuo para aumentar la inversión federal en la lucha contra el cáncer.
ALBANY, NY – JANUARY 19, 2023 – Last week the American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual report “Cancer Facts and Figures” projecting cancer’s impact in 2023.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JANUARY 18, 2023 – Last week the American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual report “Cancer Facts and Figures” projecting cancer’s impact in 2023.