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... the Capitol to ride around the Statehouse and to meet with their elected officials during Cancer Action Day. They let lawmakers know that Ohio can and must do better to improve access to cancer care. The American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Cleveland provided 9,119 free nights of lodging to 461 patients who needed to travel a long distance to receive their cancer treatment, saving them $1.8 million last year. Bicycling ... legislation that would improve access to biomarker testing. This legislation will help address a significant barrier and bring the promise of precision medicine to more Ohioans, no matter their income or where they live. Biomarker testing opens the door to targeted therapies, which can ...

... to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).  How Do You Measure up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality evaluates each state’s activity on issues crucial to winning the fight against cancer. The report by ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, finds that Ohio measured up to benchmarks in only 3 of the 12 measured areas.   “We have the tools to reduce ... said Stephens. “The best solutions will save lives and potentially millions of dollars in health care costs, and in many cases, it would cost Ohio little or nothing to do the right thing.”   Nationally, the report finds that only one state is measuring up, meaning they are meeting ...

Columbus, OH – January 17, 2019 – As lawmakers dive into the new year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) looks ahead to what public health initiatives our lawmakers can accomplish in the 2019 legislative session. Ohio has a long way to go when it ... with Ohio’s leaders to enact evidence-based solutions for our communities. ACS CAN is working to protect all Ohioans from the health harms of tobacco by asking lawmakers to fund the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation program at $35 million annually. ACS CAN also supports increasing the price of tobacco products by equalizing the tax on other tobacco products (OTP) including e-cigarettes with the tax on cigarettes. Ohio’s tax on OTP ...

... cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones from all 50 states and almost every congressional district united in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day (LSLD). ACS CAN volunteers, who will be some of the first people back in the Capitol to meet with lawmakers since the pandemic, urged Congress to take specific steps to make cancer a national ...