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Children with Cancer Take to Capitol Hill

... request. About the Alliance The Alliance for Childhood Cancer advocates to advance research and policies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, care, and survivorship of children and adolescents with cancer, as well as enhance public awareness. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy ... 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 ...

Great American Smokeout Shines Light on Opportunities for New York Lawmakers to Act to Prevent Smoking-Related Deaths

... 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, ...

Comments from ACS & ACS CAN on Topics and Scientific Questions for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

... Society (ACS) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). The American Cancer Society is the nation’s largest voluntary health organization, dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health outcome through research, education, and service. ACS CAN is the non-profit, non-partisan advocacy affiliate of the society. ACS CAN ... behaviors. Like the ACS guideline, the DGA must be an evidence-based path forward for individuals, families, schools, communities, health care professionals and policymakers to achieve and protect health through diet.   Recommendations Red and Processed Meat: HHS and USDA should ...

2012 Missing the Message Colon Cancer Report

... all counties, more than half of all cancer diagnoses are later stage, when there are fewer treatment options and survival rates are lower. Care should be taken in interpreting the rates presented. The actual number of cases in most counties is relatively small and the rates presented ... polyps bleed intermittently into the intestine. The FOBT can detect very small quantities of blood in stool. The FOBT kit is obtained from a health care provider for use at home. Bleeding from colorectal cancer may be intermittent or undetectable, so accurate test results require annual ... Union 63.8 52.6 -17.6% 24.4 18.4 -24.6% 63.6% 57.1% -10.2% Warren 68.0 50.9 -25.1% 23.4 16.9 -27.8% 52.4% 53.7% 2.5%   [1] New Jersey Dept. of Health & Senior Services, State Cancer Registry, 2011 and American Cancer Society Facts & Figures, 2011   2012 Missing the Message Colon Cancer ...

Cancer Brief #1: Tobacco Control

... with lung cancer and nearly 9,000 died.   Other tobacco-caused cancers killed thousands more.  Tobacco costs an estimated $8.17 billion in health care expenditures, including $2.7 billion in Medicaid costs.  •    Tobacco control programs have been proven to reduce youth smoking and help ... urban, rural and suburban areas of the state, low income individuals struggle not only with extremely tight finances, but with the financial and health consequences of this powerful addiction as well. Upstate, rural counties tend to have adult smoking rates higher than the statewide average, ...

Final State Budget Sustains Support to Reduce Burden of Disease, Yet More Work to Be Done

... 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, ...

CPRIT: 2013 Legislative Preview

... and Research Institute of Texas, also known as CPRIT Smoke-Free Texas Tobacco cessation and control programs Cancer screening requirements for health insurance Breast and cervical cancer screening access for at-risk women in Texas Obesity, nutrition and physical activity in schools In ...

Legislation Would Increase Access to Colon Cancer Screenings for the Medically Underserved

... men and women who are within the recommended age for colon cancer screening but may not be able to access the new benefits under the Affordable Care Act. The screening program created by this legislation would be modeled after the successful National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early ... 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 ...

Guest Post: Sharing My Story on Behalf of All Childhood Cancer Survivors

... and ask them to fund cancer research and the Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research (STAR) Act, as well as support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Currently, scientists and researchers are on the verge of discovering new childhood cancer ... it is to fund cancer research, which is why I asked lawmakers to provide $41.58 billion in research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, adequate funding is needed to implement programs created by the STAR Act, which will continue to research childhood ...

Connecticut State Lead Ambassador

... work, I now feel that it is important to show the positive things that can happen when someone has access to preventative screenings and care that I had. I feel everyone deserves these same benefits. I was fortunate that, even though I worked at a small company, our boss provided health insurance for employees. As a result, I was able to go for annual mammograms. In June, 2008, I reported for my mammogram as usual. The ...

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