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ACS CAN Palliative Care Policy Forum
ACS CAN and Quality of Life The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is committed to improving the quality of life for both cancer patients and their families. Palliative care improves quality, controls cost, and enhances patient and family satisfaction. This care is provided by a team of doctors, nurses, and other specialists who work with the ...
In Uncertain Times, the Ohio Legislature Still Remembered Those Patients that are Facing Serious Illness
... to think about 71,850 Ohioans who will hear the words “you have cancer” this year. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and their coalition partners commend the legislature for passing and Gov. Mike DeWine for signing the Rare Disease Advisory Council legislation into law. The Ohio Rare Disease Advisory Council will be comprised of qualified professionals, patients, and caregivers living with rare diseases. It will serve to educate medical professionals, government ... diseases. Ohioans who face a rare disease often face unique challenges, including delays in obtaining a diagnosis, misdiagnosis, shortages of medical specialists who can provide treatment, lack of treatment, absence of access to a knowledge base that ensures the most efficient and ...