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Kentucky ACS CAN Coffee Club: The Future of Oncology speaker Bios

... such as targeted or immune therapies. Dr. Flora has won numerous awards, including the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award Cancer Family Care Unsung Heroes Award, and was voted as one of CincinnatiMagazine's "Top Doctors" for Hematology and Oncology in 2016 and 2017 by his peers. Dr. ... his Internal Medicine residency at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and Medical Oncology fellowship training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.  At Labcorp Oncology, Gani leads a dedicated team of >50 oncology physicians with an average of 23 years of academic and ...

Love Notes to Lawmakers: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to Deliver Valentines to Legislators

... 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 ...

2023 ACS CAN Hawaii Cancer Action Day Training

... all lawmakers: 2023 Hawaii Legislative Priorities Civil Beat article: Researchers Hope Hawaii Lawmakers Fund Cancer Research This Year Advancing Health Equity in Cancer Care Through Telehealth Preserving Local Control   Volunteer Advocate Packet  - All you need to be ready for Cancer Action Day! Agenda 2023 ...

Jefferson Parish Must Stand Up to Big Tobacco with a Comprehensive Smoke-free Ordinance

... 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 ... Smokeout®, Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Advocates Urge Councilmembers to Pass a Comprehensive Smoke-free Ordinance to Protect Public Health Jefferson Parish Must Stand Up to Big Tobacco with a Comprehensive Smoke-free Ordinance ...

Three-time Cervical Cancer Survivor Highlights Importance of Screening during Awareness Event at Las Vegas Sign

... and immunotherapy.  By December, Gonzales-Russell’s cancer was cleared, but returned for a third time in February 2020. This time, her care team in Nevada ran out of treatment options. Gonzales-Russell turned to doctors in Los Angeles and underwent a pelvic exenteration. She now ... to the levels put forward by the Senate, for cancer research and prevention funding. Increased funding would support programs like Women’s Health Connection in Nevada which offers free breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income, high-risk, uninsured, and underinsured women ...

Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation Aimed at Improving Access to Lifesaving Cancer Screenings

... 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 stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...

Proposed Legislation Gives Cancer Patients Improved Access to Treatments

... 27 states and the District of Columbia have passed oral chemotherapy parity legislation to help equalize patient out-of-pocket costs, modernize health insurance, and improve cancer care. Proposed Legislation Gives Cancer Patients Improved Access to Treatments ...

Letter to Gov. Cuomo on TCP

... kids who will grow up to be addicted smokers, and 18,000 will die of tobacco-caused disease.  It will result in an additional $980 million in health care costs, of which $273 million will be paid by Medicaid.  To the extent you compromise with the Assembly and reduce funding by an intermediate ...

ACS CAN Celebrates Oral Chemotherapy Parity Victory in Nebraska

... is incredibly important for cancer patients who live far away from a hospital and depend on the convenience of oral chemo drugs for the care they need. ACS CAN staff and volunteers worked closely with State Senator Jeremy Nordquist, who introduced the measure, to bring the bill to a ... IV-administered anti-cancer medications. Also in the past few months, some states have tightened their legislative language, resulting in health plans complying to reduce the current cost sharing for oral chemotherapy that had previously been a problem for cancer patients. ACS CAN ...

New Report: Utah Falls Short on Public Policies to Fight Cancer in 2018

... year." 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 ... 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 ...

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