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Small Town Relay For Life Events Make Big Waves for Advocacy

... death and suffering from cancer. ACS CAN and its volunteers encourage candidates and lawmakers to fund research and provide access to quality health care, prevention, early detection and treatment so we can all fight back. Advocacy was first incorporated into Relay For Life in 2002. In the years ...

Cancer Survivors Rally in Hundreds of Events across the Country to Call for Sustained Federal Funding of Cancer Research

... centers, hospitals, state fairs, schools, and American Cancer Society Hope Lodge facilities. Today an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will celebrate the role of patients, survivors and caregivers in cancer research and care. In Michigan, local volunteers are sponsoring an art contest and silent auction. In Pittsburgh, PA nearly 1,000 supporters are expected to ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

New Jersey is taking a giant leap forward in the war against cancer. Here's how

... $5 million for the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection program in his executive budget proposal, representing a huge win for public health. NJCEED provides under- and uninsured New Jersey residents with access to breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancer screenings at no ... suffer and die from preventable disease. New Jersey took another huge step forward in improving residents’ access to lifesaving preventative care when, at the beginning of 2023, the Legislature passed the Colorectal Cancer Screening Cost-Sharing Removal Act. Starting July 1, 2023, no New ...

Children with Cancer Take to Capitol Hill

... request. About the Alliance The Alliance for Childhood Cancer advocates to advance research and policies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, care, and survivorship of children and adolescents with cancer, as well as enhance public awareness. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Guest Post: Sharing My Story on Behalf of All Childhood Cancer Survivors

... and ask them to fund cancer research and the Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act, as well as support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Currently, scientists and researchers are on the verge of discovering new childhood cancer ... it is to fund cancer research, which is why I asked lawmakers to provide $41.58 billion in research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, adequate funding is needed to implement programs created by the STAR Act, which will continue to research childhood ...

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