Key Organizations Urge Senate to Support Cloture Motions in Health Reform Debate
ACS CAN volunteer Dan Brodrick traveled to Washington, D.C.
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Senate Approves Critical Funding Increases for Cancer Prevention Services and Research
WASHINGTON – December 13, 2009 – “The Senate today showed a renewed commitment to defeating cancer, passing an FY 2010 domestic appropriations bill that includes long overdue increases for cancer prevention services and helps to sustain critical research funding levels.
White House, Congress Pledge to Strengthen Prohibition on Coverage Limits in Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 11, 2009 -- “People with cancer are very encouraged that their concerns have been heard about a provision currently in the Senate health care reform bill that could subject patients to a sudden termination of coverage for critical care.
House Approves Critical Funding Increases for Cancer Prevention Services and Research
WASHINGTON – December 10, 2009 – “The House of Representatives today showed a renewed commitment to defeat cancer, passing an FY 2010 domestic appropriations bill that includes long overdue increases for cancer prevention services and helps to sustain critical research funding levels.
New Report: States Cut Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs Despite Receiving Record Amounts of Tobacco Revenue
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 9, 2009 -- The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but have cut funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by more than 15 percent in the past year, according to a report released today by a coalition of pu
Murkowski Amendment to Health Reform Bill Would Not Ensure Access to Lifesaving Cancer Screenings for Women
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 3, 2009 -- "Cancer patients and survivors are opposing the amendment to health care reform legislation offered by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) because it would not ensure no-cost preventive services for women.
Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Key to Saving Lives
Washington, D.C. – December 1, 2009 – “The cancer community is enormously pleased by House passage of a resolution encouraging awareness of ovarian cancer, the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers.
American Cancer Society Expert Testifies on Importance of Expanding Access to Mammography
Reducing the number of breast cancer deaths in America requires improved access to mammography and clinical breast examination, testified Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today.
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Urges Senate to Act Immediately on Health Care Reform Legislation
Statement by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) President Daniel E. Smith
Health Care Reform Could Improve Process for Determining Prevention and Screening Guidelines
WASHINGTON -- November 20, 2009 -- The announcement this week from a federal scientific panel that women aged 40-49 should not get routine annual mammograms emphasizes the need to improve the way scientific evidence is weighed and recommendations are determined.