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Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally Lawmakers to Support Access to Care, Tobacco Control at ‘Cancer Action Day’

... state Capitol on Thursday for ‘Cancer Action Day,’ an event hosted annually by the the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Advocates met with lawmakers and urged them to support policies that increase access to quality health care and prevent tobacco use.  ... in rates persist, most notably among Native American and Black people. Furthermore, recent data indicates cancer is the second-leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino people. Compared with non-Hispanic White people, Hispanic men and women are less likely to be diagnosed with the ... urged select lawmakers to hold a hearing for HB 2561 in the House Health and Human Services Committee. If enacted, the bill would provide no-cost follow-up imaging for patients who receive an abnormal result on their initial breast cancer screening. While speaking to volunteers ahead of ...

Great Minds Thinking Alike

Yesterday was an incredible day at ACS CAN Š—– we held our first-ever National Forum on the Future of Health Care and it was a huge success! The conference focused on how to ensure ... cancer and other chronic diseases have access to quality health care. ItŠ—'s a discussion that has grown in intensity since implementation of the Affordable Care Act began, and our forum brought together some of the countryŠ—'s top health care experts to examine the issue. The new ...

Feb. 4 World Cancer Day: Nevada Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Protect Critical Cancer Prevention Programs

... Society Cancer Action Network urges the legislature to protect funding for breast and cervical cancer screening and tobacco control efforts. ACS CAN is deeply concerned that the state’s proposed budget slashes approximately $2.5 million from Nevada’s already underfunded tobacco prevention program that was being used to address the youth e-cigarette epidemic. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and smoking is linked to at least 13 types of cancer. Futhermore, 24.1% of Nevada’s high school students use e-cigarettes. ACS CAN knows that comprehensive, adequately funded tobacco ...

Funding Approved for Two Critical SC Cancer-Fighting Programs

... recurring, the legislature has helped to provide these programs with more stability for developing long-range plans to best serve the people of our state.” South Carolina’s BCN was first funded by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 1991   through the National Breast and ... screening services for uninsured and medically underserved South Carolinian's thereby addressing barriers to care and reducing healthcare cost to our State. In 2016, the CCPN provided colorectal cancer screening to 582 uninsured individuals, which contributed to the removal of ... breast and cervical cancer in 2017.  And, 2,270 men and women in the state are projected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. A b out ACS CAN ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions ...

Cancer Survivors, Caregivers Rally at State Capitol for Improved Prevention

... to call on the General Assembly to make cancer a top legislative priority. Coaches from four state colleges joined volunteers in representation of the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s annual Day at the Capitol, in which coaches and ... nationwide, but we still haven’t fully implemented proven ways to prevent the disease in the first place,” said Mark Runyan, a lead ACS CAN volunteer from Eldon. “More than 13,000 Missourians will still lose their lives to cancer in 2018 alone. We’re here today to ask lawmakers ...

Idaho Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Save Lives and Money

... it comes to implementing policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Idaho didn’t measure up to any of the policy recommendations in the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. One critical area where voters have ...

Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally at Capitol for Increased Access to Innovative Testing and Lifesaving Treatments

Phoenix, Ariz. – American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across Arizona rallied at the State Capitol Monday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would ensure biomarker testing ... testing is critical in accessing precision medicine, including targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and better quality of life for cancer patients. Dubbed 'the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time,' precision medicine has played a critical role ... are helping extend and save lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s individual condition. This legislation will help dismantle cost barriers and bring the promise of precision medicine to more cancer patients no matter their income, race or where they live," said Brian ...

From Bench to Bedside: Progress at Risk

With across-the-board-federal budget cuts through sequestration set to take effect in less than a month, ACS CAN is strongly urging lawmakers to avert the cuts because of their potentially devastating impact on cancer research. In fact, sequestration would reduce federal funding for cancer research to 2008 levels, and thatŠ—'s without taking into account the increased cost of doing medical research year after year. This severe decrease in funding could halt promising clinical trials and allow breakthroughs in the ...

Critical Actions to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Rates

While we dedicate the month of October to breast cancer awareness, this past Friday was National Mammography Day. Since its inception in 1993, National Mammography Day has ... as a reminder to women to schedule their annual mammogram because early detection saves lives. The Affordable Care Act ensures that most women can receive mammograms at little or no cost starting at age 40, but there are still millions of low-income, uninsured women nationwide with no access to mammograms or other lifesaving ...

Two-time breast cancer survivor emphasizes early detection to save lives

Uri Martos’ first experience with cancer was when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer during her sophomore yea r of college, in 1998. Thankfully, after a mastectomy and chemotherapy, her mother is still surviving and thriving to this day. Because of her ... oral treatment which provided over five years of clean scans and she was declared cancer-free. During this time, she was recruited to join ACS CAN as a volunteer, having already been involved in ACS Relay for Life. “Being involved with ACS and [ACS] CAN was very therapeutic for me in ... to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. The program offers screening to uninsured and underserved women free of cost. Uri recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to ask her federal lawmakers to support legislation that will benefit cancer patients and their ...

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