On August 10 at 2pm, ACS CAN will be hosting a Twitter chat on our Twitter handle, @ACSCAN, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The Twitter chat was organized to answer questions about the program from all interested Twitter users, and to call attention to the need for increased funding for this program with a history of success. Available to answer questions will be Mona Shah, associate director on the federal team and ACS CAN breast and cervical cancer policy expert, and Debbie Slaslow, director, breast & gynecologic cancer at the American Cancer Society. To join the chat or simply to follow along, follow @ACSCAN or the hashtag #earlydetection.
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.