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Cancer Advocates Urge House Members to Follow Senate Lead and Support Legislation to Restore Funding for Federal Cancer Programs

... Members on both sides of the aisle who have taken a stand to continue their fight. “The Society applauds the bipartisan show of support for health care funding we have seen in the Senate and are now seeing in the House,” said Daniel E. Smith, the Society’s national vice president of ... as early as today in the House Budget Committee that is similar to an amendment approved overwhelmingly in the Senate to add $7 billion for health and education programs for fiscal year 2007. DeLauro’s amendment would restore recent funding cuts to critical health care programs and ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients.   This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients.   This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients.   This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...

September 2011 Monthly Advocacy Update

... devices; obesity, nutrition and physical activity; and quality of life. To assist state lawmakers with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the report provides a model framework for establishing consumer-friendly state health exchanges and protecting Medicaid programs - a critical lifeline for many cancer patients.   This year's report generated significant media ... UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, joined Dr. Partridge. Dr. Huh has received grants from the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include vaccines for cervical neoplasia, in vivo spectroscopy for cervical ...

Montana Makes Progress Enacting Cancer-Fighting Legislation But Falls Short in Other Policy Areas

... treatment.”   How Do You Measure Up? rates states in eight specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer: increased access to care through Medicaid, access to palliative care, balanced pain control policies, cigarette tax levels, smoke-free laws, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs, cessation ...   Passing and implementing the policy recommendations in the report would not only save lives in Montana, but also save millions in long-term health care costs and in some cases would even generate additional, much-needed revenue.   A color-coded system classifies how well a state is ...

ACS CAN and CodeX Lead Project to Expand Cancer Clinical Trial Enrollment Through Improved Technology

... smaller and non-research oriented medical centers. The project will integrate cancer clinical trial matching capability into existing electronic health record (EHR) and patient data management (PDM) systems using open data standards and application programming interfaces (APIs). Among the ... to many more people.” The CodeX initiative, a collaborative effort implementing oncology data standards to support better, safer, faster care, and lower burden and cost, is helping implement the project. “Several years ago, MITRE began engaging partners from across the oncology ecosystem who also understood the power of data standards and interoperability to improving cancer care and research for all. Today CodeX members are combining the mCODE™ (minimal Common Oncology Data Elements) data standard and HL7 ® FHIR ® ...

Florida needs to increase access to game-changing cancer tests

... testing to precisely identify the mutations unique to a patient’s cancer. Biomarker testing has revolutionized the entire approach to oncology care. We have seen tremendous gains in the understanding and adoption of biomarker testing over the last five years. The results from such testing ... At FCS, we are acutely aware of the long-term cost savings associated with biomarker testing that reduces the financial burden on the health care system. The ability to tailor therapies to specific cancer traits may lead to improved clinical outcomes and cost reduction. The goal of a ...

Ohio Falling Short on Cancer-Fighting Public Policies

... How Do You Measure Up? rates states in nine specific areas of public policy that can help fight cancer, including increased access to care through Medicaid, funding for cancer screening programs, smoke-free laws, cigarette tax levels, funding for tobacco prevention and cessation ...                                Green Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Funding      Red Access to Palliative Care                                                                   Yellow Pain Policy                ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.  ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Travel to Lansing to Rally Legislators to Make Cancer a Priority

... to regulate e-cigarettes like other tobacco products, to increase the age of sale for tobacco products to 21 and to provide better access to care by passing the Oral Chemotherapy Fairness legislation. This year, an estimated 58,360 people in Michigan will be diagnosed with cancer and ... three-time cancer survivor from Sterling Heights. As a cancer survivor, I let my lawmakers know if we’re going to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Michigan, this goal must be top of mind for our Legislature.” Cancer advocates asked lawmakers to support: Giving chronically ill patients easier access to care - House Bill 4099   would equalize the out-of-pocket cost to the patient for oral chemotherapy and intravenous chemotherapy. Currently, the ...

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