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... and control programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a 2.3 percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a 2.8 percent increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a 2.7 percent increase for the National Center on ... easier to survive and less expensive to treat. A colorectal cancer screening program will give low-income individuals access to screenings that can detect pre-cancerous lesions and prevent the disease altogether thanks to a 14 percent funding boost. Additional funding will enable tobacco ... funding can the NIH, NCI, NCHMD, and the CDC conduct their important work to conquer a disease that will kill an estimated 560,000 Americans and cost the economy more than $228 billion this year. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports ...

... around and not rely solely on tax increases or cuts in services.   To put some perspective on it, the deficit is so large ($3.7 billion out of a $18 billion dollar budget) that the state could opt to not spend a single penny on education and fire 15,000 state employees making $50,000 a year and we would still have a deficit of over a hundred million.   The bad news: The state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program was reduced in the budget from $2.4 ... your area 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling 1-800-227-2345!                   For further information or to find out how you can help, please contact: Bryte Johnson, State Director of Government Relations and Advocacy [email protected] or (203) 379-485 March CT ...

... to call on the General Assembly to make cancer a top legislative priority. Coaches from four state colleges joined volunteers in representation of the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s annual Day at the Capitol, in which coaches and ... nationwide, but we still haven’t fully implemented proven ways to prevent the disease in the first place,” said Mark Runyan, a lead ACS CAN volunteer from Eldon. “More than 13,000 Missourians will still lose their lives to cancer in 2018 alone. We’re here today to ask lawmakers ...

... hearing today on H.R. 3119, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), is a major step forward in advancing quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and their families. The palliative care legislation would increase federal research on palliative care and ... establish a national public education and awareness campaign to educate patients and health care providers about the availability and benefits of palliative care. R. Sean Morrison, M.D., director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in ... quality of care and quality of life for adults and children with serious illness. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was a leading member in founding the coalition in 2013. Dr. Morrison will make the case that medical care for the seriously ill is ...