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... it comes to supporting 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,  Delaware measured up to policy recommendations in four of the 10 issue areas ranked. The report was released earlier this month by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “We’ve made tremendous progress in the way we diagnose and treat cancer across the country. But to leverage this progress, Delaware’s ...

Salem, Ore.– July 6, 2017— Today, the Oregon House took steps to save lives by protecting kids from a lifetime of addiction when it passed Senate Bill 754 to raise Oregon’s sales age for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, to 21. The ... Governor Kate Brown’s desk. Governor Brown has expressed support for the bill and is expected to sign it.   Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, claiming the lives of 5,500 Oregonians each year. Tobacco use also causes roughly 28 percent of all cancer deaths in the state. Unless we can reduce the number of young people who start smoking, 68,000 Oregon kids alive today will die early from a tobacco-related disease.   The ...

Welcome! Biomarker testing helps connect patients with the right treatment at the right time. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more Coloradans can benefit from this important testing.   What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ biomarker ” is a sign of a normal biological process, disease or abnormal function that can be measured in blood, tissue or bodily fluid.  Biomarker testing  is the ... ACS CAN in calling on the Colorado Legislature to expand access to biomarker testing.    Key Resources : Fact Sheet Biomarker Testing and Cost Savings Patient Profiles  ( www.fightcancer.org/biomarkerprofiles ) National Coalition Partners Types of Biomarker Testing  Videos: Carla's ...

... 29, 2008 -- U.S. House Committee members today explored why a successful cancer early detection and prevention program is only reaching one out of five eligible women between the ages of 50-64 nationwide.  To date, the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), ... expert on early detection and cancer disparities. “Breast and cervical cancer are two of the most curable life-threatening diseases -- but we can only combat these cancers if we take the steps necessary to detect it early and provide access to treatment,” Brawley said.  “Our goal is ... treating a precancerous lesion found in an abnormal Pap smear costs between $1,000 and $3,000.  If the lesions become cancerous, it can cost as much as $47,000 to treat. Gail Carey, an American Cancer Society volunteer and a past beneficiary of the NBCCEDP, testified that like so ...