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Congress Sends President an FY09 Appropriations Bill Including Funding for Sustained Cancer Research and Prevention

... build momentum in a renewed war on cancer, approving a spending bill that includes a nearly $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the current year.  This proposed 3.2 percent budget increase would keep up with the growing annual cost of research for the first ... colorectal cancer screenings for those who might otherwise be unable to afford them is a critical down payment on prevention as part of broader health care reform. As the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States, screening tests can detect colon cancer at the earliest, most ...

Families Affected by Cancer Gather Across the Country to Watch 2012 State of the Union

... and more than 25,000 calls into Members of Congress, to protect federal funding for groundbreaking cancer research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, lifesaving efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that promote the prevention and early detection of cancer, and laws and programs that expand access to adequate, affordable health care. We 've made tremendous progress thanks to past federal investments, but funding isn 't keeping pace with our opportunity to capitalize on ...

The Budget & Appropriations Process

... and U.S. Senate begin the process of determining the specifics of how the money will be spent. How much will be spent on education? How much on health care? How much on transportation? This is called the appropriations process since Congress is "appropriating" money to different departments and ...

2019 Southwest Ohio Policy Forum

... and early detection, increasing cancer research funding, enhancing quality of life from diagnosis to survivorship, and improving access to health coverage, ACS CAN protects the needs of patients and families, working to ensure that everyone has access to the care they need to prevent, detect and fight cancer. Cancer research advancements offer hope to the millions of people who face cancer, which is why ...

Texas is Taking a Stand Against Cancer

... are holding events across the country to call on Congress to protect federal funding for cancer research, prevention and access to adequate health care. In Texas last week, cancer patients, survivors and volunteers led a one-day bus tour across Rep. Jeb HensarlingŠ—'s congressional district, ...

ACS CAN RI Research Breakfast: Event highlights importance of cancer research

... story of survival was just one of many shared at the  Cancer Research Breakfast  in Providence Friday morning. Patients, physicians and public health advocates attended the fifth annual breakfast hosted by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network . The event was a forum for all ... protocols instead of according to pediatric protocols," Renaud said. Research also helped Renaud find the then 19-year-old the right kind of care team. "Most importantly, got him surgery by a medical surgical oncologist who has experience in the kind of somewhat uncommon surgery that he ...

New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Hears Case for Continued Federal Funding of Cancer Research

... Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal included cuts for research funding at the National Cancer Institute, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and for prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Congress is now considering a budget resolution to ... said Chris Hansen, president, ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. Any funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health will jeopardize the innovative research at local cancer centers that has resulted in the dramatic progress we have seen during the past 40 ... researchers collected data from more than a million mammograms of New Hampshire women. Ultimately, the results will help identify what kind of care is best for women with breast cancer. At Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 125 scientists hold more than $65 million in federal ...

Evansville Cancer Caregiver Travels to Washington, D.C., to Urge Congress to Fund Cancer Research, Prevention

... One Voice Against Cancer lobby day to ask their legislators to fund cancer research at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health and cancer prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As a caregiver, I’m grateful to Congress for the strong ... for medical research and cancer prevention programs has had a role in every major advance against this disease. For a full list of the OVAC health care groups joining ACS CAN in this year’s lobby day, visit http://www.ovaconline.org/members.html .   About ACS CAN: The American Cancer ...

Hawai’i Cancer Advocates Celebrate Passage of Bill to Fund Study on Multiethnic Cancer Disparities

... patients, and advocates with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) commend the state legislature for  committing to health equity by passing a bill that enables researchers to study why cancer disproportionately impacts Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ... among all racial and ethnic populations in the United States.  ACS CAN believes all people should have equitable access to quality cancer care and an equal opportunity to live a healthy life. However, cancer does not impact everyone equally. Conducting this study is vital in creating strategies and policies that promote health equity in the state.  “Today marks a step in reducing the cancer burden for future generations in Hawai’i,” said Cynthia Au, ACS CAN ...

National Cancer Act Anniversary a Prime Opportunity to Renew Commitment to Defeating Disease

... of work done through the program today there are 66 NCI designated Cancer Centers in 33 states. In total, the NCI and the National Institutes of Health fund the work of more than 325,000 researchers and research personnel at more than 3,000 universities, medical schools, medical centers, ... ad is part of a larger national grassroots campaign to protect federal funding for groundbreaking cancer research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, lifesaving efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that promote the prevention and early detection of cancer, and laws and programs that expand access to adequate, affordable health care. ACS CAN's grassroots advocates across the country are holding events that call on Congress to protect critical funding and further the ...

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