Senate Committee Vote to Cut Medical Research Funding Disappointing to Families Affected by Cancer
ACS CAN Calls on Members of Congress to Place Higher Priority on Cancer in Final Spending Bill
Fondos para la investigación del cáncer Press Releases
Cancer Survivors Rally in Hundreds of Events across the Country to Call for Sustained Federal Funding of Cancer Research
Washington, D.C. – September 19, 2011 – Thousands of cancer survivors and their families will rally at events in all 50 states this week to call on Congress to protect funding for cancer research.
ACS CAN Says Cancer Should be a Top Priority for Supercommittee
WASHINGTON – September 13, 2011 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the deficit "supercommittee" to make cancer a top priority during negotiations over a deficit reduction package.
Report Finds Majority of States Falling Short on Laws and Policies that Prevent Cancer and Save Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 11, 2011 – A majority of states are falling short on legislative solutions to prevent and fight cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
ACS CAN Says Cancer Should be Top Priority for Federal Spending
WASHINGTON – July 6, 2011 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the White House and congressional leaders to make cancer a top priority as negotiations continue over reducing the federal deficit.
Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Make Cancer Research Funding a Priority in 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – May 23, 2011 — Volunteer advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will join cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers from 18 other organizations in Washington, DC, this week to urge lawmakers to support funding for crit
Cancer Patients Call on Lawmakers to Reject Proposed Budget Cuts That Would Reverse Progress Against Cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2011 – “People with cancer and their families are urging lawmakers to reject the funding cuts in the House budget resolution for fiscal year 2012 that would make it more difficult, and in some cases impossible, for them to access lifesaving care.
FY 2011 Budget a Cause for Relief and Concern in the Fight Against Cancer
Cancer Research Funding Cuts Limited; Prevention Program Cuts Damaging
Amendment to House Budget Resolution Would Protect Lifesaving Cancer Research Funding
WASHINGTON – April 6, 2011 – An amendment by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to the FY 2012 budget resolution being marked up today in the House Budget Committee would prohibit funding cuts to cancer and other disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
FY 2012 House Budget Resolution Would Mark A Setback in the Fight Against Cancer
Severe Cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Disease Prevention and Medical Research Would Threaten Access to Health Care for People With Cancer