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Iowa House Passes Bill for Radon Testing and Mitigation in Schools; Cancer Advocates Urge the Senate to Follow Suit

... We don’t want them to find out they’ve been exposed to dangerous radon levels through a lung cancer diagnosis,” said Maria Steele, a health care practitioner and ACS CAN volunteer. Steele was diagnosed with radon-induced lung cancer in 2019 and draws motivation from her cancer journey ...

Iowa Senate Passes Bill for Radon Testing and Mitigation in Schools; Cancer Advocates Urge Gov. Reynolds to Sign It into Law

... We don’t want them to find out they’ve been exposed to dangerous radon levels through a lung cancer diagnosis,” said Maria Steele, a health care practitioner and ACS CAN volunteer. Steele was diagnosed with radon-induced lung cancer in 2019 and draws motivation from her cancer journey ...

Legislature Misses Opportunity to Protect Kentucky Kids: Fails to Increase Funding to Critical Tobacco Prevention Program

... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to stand ...

Governor Signs Bill for Radon Testing and Mitigation in Schools

... We don’t want them to find out they’ve been exposed to dangerous radon levels through a lung cancer diagnosis,” said Maria Steele, a health care practitioner and ACS CAN volunteer. Steele was diagnosed with radon-induced lung cancer in 2019 and draws motivation from her cancer journey ...

Legislature Turning It’s Back on Our Kids

... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and made workplaces, including restaurants and bars, smoke-free. As we mark our 20th anniversary, we’re more determined than ever to stand ...

Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally at the Capitol

... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We’re more determined than ever to stand together with our volunteers to end cancer as we ...

Utilization Management in Breast Cancer and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Executive Summary Utilization management (UM) refers to a variety of practices that health plans and pharmacy benefit managers employ to confirm the use of specific drugs or services aligns with the payer’s policy. Plans can use ... necessary, or to limit utilization of high-priced, specialty medications. UM use in oncology may have unintended consequences to patient care, such as delaying patient access to medication or increased administrative burden for the patient and provider. Prior to 2019, Medicare ...

2018 Legislative Session Update

... 10 years the program has reduced smoking rates to the lowest we have ever seen and saved the state over $17.7 billion dollars in smoking related health care costs.   We would like to thank you for your continued commitment, and for the important role you played in a very successful legislative ...

Thankful for Partners

... each chapter. Colleges Against Cancer chapters have participated in smoke-free campaigns, tobacco tax campaigns and campaigns around affordable health care.  Coaches vs. Cancer Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of ...

Guest Post: A Firsthand Perspective on the Importance of Protecting Research Funding

... back and forth between the labs and the clinics as they cooperate to develop new screening tools and drugs to prevent cancer and provide better care for cancer patients. Where does this gold standard bi-directional research happen? At the 40 National Cancer Institute-designated ... by far the top funder of cancer research. No other funding source comes close. In fact, National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health funded 75 percent of the research conducted at Norris Cotton in the past 10 years. Nearly $53 million in medical research funds come to New ...

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