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Alabama Ruling on Embryos May Have Adverse Impact on Cancer Patients

... treatments can cause infertility, and cancer patients and survivors often rely on IVF to build families after treatment. Fertility preservation care is essential for more than two-thirds of newly diagnosed adolescents and young adults with cancer. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling is already resulting in major legal hazards for providers offering fertility treatments, and health care access challenges for their patients by erecting barriers to care and threatening a person’s ability to preserve fertility prior to ... ACS CAN and partner organizations issued this brief in 2022 with more information on the intersection between cancer and reproductive health.  0 The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are Concerned about the Chilling Effect of This Decision on Access to Care and Fertility ...

Current and Future Cancer Vaccines Will Require Evaluation and Issuance of Evidence-Based Recommendations  

... Prevention (CDC). ACIP has played a critical role providing guidance on setting adult and childhood immunization schedules, which are used by health care providers to properly administer routinely recommended vaccines for the protection of public health. The following is a press statement on behalf of Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): ...

2024 Virginia Legislative Priorities

... cancer requires bold new public policies that promote cancer prevention, early detection of cancer, and expand access to quality, affordable health care. Lawmakers make many decisions that impact the lives of Virginia residents impacted by cancer and their leadership is vital to defeating this ... (ACS CAN) will work with the Governor and the General Assembly on legislative and regulatory efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid, ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening and prevention programs, and enact ...

Cynthia Rogers, New York

... Host of the Boob Talk Podcast, which addresses issues  Breast Cancer and other Cancer Survivors face.  Certified Holistic Cancer Coach  Health Equity is vital to remove the barriers to adequate health care for the disenfranchised Cynthia Rogers, New York ...

Federal Advocacy to Eliminate Disparities in Cancer

... screening, and treatment, not all individuals benefit equally from this important progress. This fact sheet provides an overview of current health disparities in cancer care and a snapshot of ACS CAN federal advocacy activities to eliminate these disparities and achieve health equity. Federal Advocacy to Eliminate Disparities in Cancer ...

2022 Session Legislation Jeopardizes the Safety of Granite Staters with Chronic Illnesses and Their Families

... patients, including kids, and blocking businesses and organizations as well as cities and towns from enacting these policies jeopardizes the health of patients and their families and silences their voices. “As a public health organization dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients and survivors, the health and safety of the patients we serve is our top ... critical for as many people to be vaccinated as possible. “Meanwhile, many with chronic conditions such as cancer are delaying essential care  because of the pandemic. Public health measures like vaccine requirements play an important role in reducing the risk of COVID-19 to cancer ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

May 2012 Monthly Advocacy Update

... which would have benefitted from the measure's lifesaving impact, unprecedented investment in cancer research and billion-dollar reductions in health care costs. It is also proof that Big Tobacco will go to any lengths to protect their profits and hide the truth: that tobacco is the only legal product that kills when used as directed. The industry leveraged its largesse to systematically distract the public from Prop. 29's proven health benefits and to fixate instead on outright myths about the measure.   As you know, the race was extremely close. Faced with an avalanche of ...

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