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Guest Blog - Improving Patient Education and Access: How Can We Better Leverage Advances in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

... them, giving doctors the right amount of information to make a therapy decision. The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has recognized the potential impact of targeted NGS on cancer and is using it to help match patients to ongoing drug trials through its ... Doctors and healthcare networks have a responsibility to their patients to provide the most effective innovations so patients get the right care.  The issue of economics, on the other hand, is harder to overcome. NGS-based tests provide a significantly higher value to patients and ... Medicare and Medicaid – can help tremendously by coordinating NGS-focused trials across multiple labs to exponentially expand patient and health economics data. The information they gather would help establish clinical utility and cost justification, which is what insurers rightfully ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Statehouse to Rally Legislators

... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

WeŠ—'re All Just One Degree from Cancer

... Hollywood celebrities and grassroots advocates nationwide to ask Congress to increase medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion over two years, including $1 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). WeŠ—'re launching the One Degree campaign at a critical point for the future of patient care. Federal funding for medical research has declined more than 24 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since 2003, forcing cancer centers to ...

Cancer Community Leaders Make Case for Federal Funding to Deliver Promising Local Research from Labs to Doctors' Offices

... 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 ... 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 beginning consideration of a budget ... biotech center in the country and 17,500 of its citizens are employed in the industry. One in five jobs in Seattle are tied to the health care sector overall. For every new position created at the Hutchinson Center 1.53 new jobs are created in Seattle. Federal funding for medical ...

American Cancer Society announces goal to double its research funding as White House holds National Cancer Moonshot Summit

... academic research institutions and another $15 to $20 million annually in research by ACS investigators in cancer epidemiology, surveillance and health services, behavioral research, and economics and health policy. The increase will dramatically grow what is already the largest and arguably most successful not-for-profit research program in the ... investor in cancer research, ensuring people facing cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings and more. For more information, to get help, or to join the fight, call us anytime, day or night, at (800) 227-2345 or ...

ACS CAN, Stand Up To Cancer Join to Boost Medical Research Funding and Save More Lives from Cancer

... Hollywood celebrities and grassroots advocates nationwide to ask Congress to increase medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion over two years, including $1 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute. Federal funding for medical ... were made possible by ACT for NIH, a non-partisan effort committed to the immediate restoration of funding for the National Institutes of Health. The future of patient care is dependent on federal investments in medical research, which make it possible for both the public- and private-sectors to bring forward ...

Hundreds of Cancer Patients and Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority

... (NCI). They will also encourage lawmakers to co-sponsor legislation that supports patients ' quality of life by increasing access to palliative care, an extra layer of support that can be provided at any age or any stage of illness. Additionally, they will call on lawmakers to close a ... the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate organization of the American Cancer Society, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage lawmakers, candidates and government officials to support laws and policies that will make cancer a top ...

Ten Thousand Americans Unite to Urge Congress to Boost Government Investment in Cancer Research and Programs

... strengthen their commitment to the fight against cancer. The goal: Defeating cancer. Last year, Congress voted to cut the National Institutes of Health budget for the first time in 35 years and to reduce funding for cancer research for the first time in a decade. Additional cuts are being considered this year. “After doubling the budget of the National Institutes of Health, Congress in recent years has frozen or cut federal funding for medical research and critical cancer programs,” said Daniel E. Smith, ACS ... proposals to elevate prevention, early detection and survivorship, increase the nation’s commitment to research and expand access to care. • Boost federal Cancer Research Funding at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. • Invest in the National ...

Nationwide Event Honoring Lives Impacted by Cancer Brings Hope Home to North Texas

... Society, works with lawmakers to pass policies that help prevent cancer and ensure those who are diagnosed with the disease have access to the care they need, as well as make cancer research funding a top priority at the state and federal level. Texans advocating during virtual meetings ... ask them to support increased funding for cancer research and prevention programs with at least $44.7 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including $6.9 billion for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and $559 million for the Centers of Disease Control ...

Local Cancer Survivors and Patients Gain Support from Nevada Lawmakers After Trip to D.C.

... more than 700 cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers from across the United States to meet with and urge lawmakers to prioritize cancer care and prevention.  Nevada’s volunteers have been touched by cancer in some way. Moyle is set to begin treatment for breast cancer after being ... asked Nevada’s congressional delegation to support an increase in federal funding for cancer research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The group also asked lawmakers to support a bill which would waive out-of-pocket costs for individuals with the highest risk of ...

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