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New Jersey General Assembly Prioritizes Access to Colorectal Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Screenings

... Assembly approved legislation that seeks to remove financial barriers to lifesaving cancer screening. A-3523 passed the full Assembly by a vote of 78-0, edging New Jersey closer to requiring health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminating cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies. In 2022, an estimated 4,260 New Jerseyans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and, by year’s end, New Jersey residents can expect to lose 1,380 neighbors to the preventable disease. This legislation was erected to address colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality ...

Survivor Views Survey Informed Consent Statement

Purpose of this study: You have been invited to join the Survivor Views research study. If you join, you will receive a set of surveys.  These surveys will help us better understand your thoughts and experiences as a cancer survivor. The surveys may ask questions about access to care, cost of treatment, different types of cancer treatments, pain management, and healthy living.  Process: Today’s survey should take less than 10 ... detect, and treat cancer, and to improve the lives of cancer survivors.  Compensation: There is no compensation for taking this survey.  ACS CAN may provide items of small value to thank you for your time, such as gift cards or notebooks.  Use of study findings: The survey results may ...

Wyoming Must Increase Access to Medicaid to Reduce Cancer, Save Lives and Money in the State

... 25,000 low-income, uninsured Wyoming residents. The bill passed the House last week, and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, and the Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), urge the Senate to follow suit and pass this lifesaving ... money when patients don’t have health insurance. When someone goes to a county hospital and gets care without insurance, taxpayers absorb the cost because they support the hospital through taxes," said Banu E. Symington, M.D., MACP, Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center, Hematology and ...

Local Cancer Survivor Traveled to Nation’s Capital to Urge Congress to Make Cancer a Top Priority

... 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 were some of the first people back in the Capitol to meet with lawmakers since the pandemic, urging Congress to take specific steps to make cancer a national ...

Congress Misses Critical Opportunity to Prioritize Cancer Prevention and Access to Care

... for Cancer Act, which are key priorities for cancer patients and their families.  The following is a statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) reacting to Congress’ inability to pass a bipartisan year-end health care package:     “This week, Congress missed a tremendous ... Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) through 2028 based on language from the bipartisan SCREENS for Cancer Act. The NBCCEDP provides free and low-cost critical breast and cervical cancer screenings, follow-up, diagnosis and treatment referral services to people who need them the most. Early ...

Understanding Biologic and Biosimilar Drugs

  Biologics basics Biological drugs, commonly referred to as biologics, are a class of drugs that are produced using a living system, such as a microorganism, plant cell, or animal cell. Like all drugs, biologics are regulated by ... Biologics have been a part of medical treatment for a long time and have been used for treating cancer since the 1980s. Biologics can be used to treat cancer in a variety of ways. One way, immunotherapy, helps the body’s own immune system fight cancer cells.  Other ... were introduced Biosimilars were introduced to the market in an effort to increase competition and reduce drug costs. In general, biologics cost more to develop and manufacture than small molecule drugs. They also take a longer time to bring to market (10 to 15 years versus 7 to 10 ...

House Passes South Dakota Senate Bill 54, Holds the Door Open for Big Tobacco

PIERRE, S.D. –– The passage of Senate Bill 54 on Wednesday marked a disappointing step backward for public health and cancer prevention in South Dakota as it strips ... State teens are particularly at risk as they use highly addictive e-cigarettes at nearly double the national average. The following statement can be attributed in full or part to ACS CAN South Dakota Government Relations Director Ben Hanson: “This cut acts as a door wedge for Big Tobacco to enter our middle and high schools. ...

New Report: Florida is Failing to Invest in Programs to Protect Kids from Tobacco Products Including E-cigarettes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 19, 2019 – A report released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and other public health groups shows that, amidst a youth tobacco use epidemic that is being driven by ... the states and Big Tobacco that required tobacco companies pay more than $246 billion over time to states as compensation for the deadly toll of their products. Florida collects approximately $1.5 billion in settlement funds and tobacco taxes every year, but will spend only 37.1% of that revenue on tobacco prevention programs in Fiscal Year 2020.   “E-cigarettes have helped cause a youth tobacco use epidemic in ...

Gov. McAuliffe Signs Palliative Care Bill

... in a bill-signing ceremony for Virginia’s Palliative Care Information and Resources Bill.  This legislation requires the Virginia Department of Health to use their website to make information and resources on palliative care available to the public, health care professionals and health ... The bill is scheduled to go into effect on July 1.    Palliative care is a fast-growing medical specialty that improves a patient’s quality of life by focusing on relief from pain, stress and other symptoms of a serious illness like cancer.   “This bill is designed to remove one the ... to patients receiving palliative care,” said Gov. McAuliffe, “By eliminating confusion among patients and health care professionals, we can build a common and comprehensive understanding of how palliative care can improve quality of life for patients suffering from cancer and other ...

More Than 100 Volunteers Will Ask Legislature to Prioritize Cancer Prevention

... in health care bills each year, but the state ranks 50 th in the nation in spending for tobacco cessation and prevention. With 63 percent of Missouri’s adults intending to quit in the next six months, woefully underfunded programs such as the Missouri Tobacco Quitline are in high ... Day at the Capitol will ask lawmakers to maintain general revenue funding for tobacco cessation in House Bill 10 through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Volunteers will also ask legislators to continue to support Show-Me Healthy Women. Now in its 25 th year, this state ... to Missouri’s low-income, uninsured and other medically underserved women. Nearly 90,000 women in the state qualify for this program. For ACS CAN volunteers Allison Johnson and Keith Whittemore, this day is personal: Johnson was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma at age 19 while at the ...

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