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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 ...
South Carolina Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Policies
... 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, South Carolina measured up to policy recommendations in just two of the nine issue areas. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 16 th edition of the report shows that we must do more to reduce suffering and death from cancer. We have the power to make a ...