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Prevention and Early Detection

ACS CAN advocates for public policies that can prevent nearly half of all cancer deaths by ensuring access to recommended cancer screenings, protecting the public from skin cancer risk, reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke and supporting people in increasing physical activity, eating a healthy diet, and managing their weight.

Prevention and Early Detection Resources:

ACS and ACS CAN Comments to HHS on Federal Vaccine Recommendations

September 18, 2026

The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) are pleased to submit comments to the Request for Information: Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-making.

ACS CAN Supports the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2025

August 6, 2026

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a viral infection known to cause six types of cancer - anal, cervical, oropharyngeal, penile, vaginal, and vulvar. The HPV vaccine helps to prevent most HPV infection types that cause cancer.

ACS CAN Supports the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2025

August 6, 2026

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a viral infection known to cause six types of cancer - anal, cervical, oropharyngeal, penile, vaginal, and vulvar. The HPV vaccine helps to prevent most HPV infection types that cause cancer.

Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives

July 1, 2026

El Programa NBCCEDP de los CDC

June 22, 2026

La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) insta al Congreso a financiar el Programa Nacional de Detección Temprana de Cáncer de Seno y de Cuello Uterino (NBCCEDP) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) con $230 millones de

Programa de Control del Cáncer Colorrectal de los CDC

June 22, 2026

La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) insta al Congreso a financiar el Programa de Control del Cáncer Colorrectal (CRCCP) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) con $51 millones de dólares en el año fiscal 2027.

La División de Prevención y Control del Cáncer de los CDC salva vidas

June 22, 2026

La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) insta al Congreso a aumentar el financiamiento para programas contra el cáncer de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) a un mínimo de $482.9 millones de dólares en el año fiscal 2027

El valor de los registros de cáncer para la salud pública

June 22, 2026

La Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) insta al Congreso a financiar el Programa Nacional de Registros de Cáncer (NPCR) de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) con $63.4 millones de dólares en el año fiscal 2027.

Inversión en el Control del Tabaco

June 22, 2026

Llamado a la acción: La Red de Acción contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) insta al Congreso a respaldar un financiamiento sostenido de $310 millones USD

Tobacco Control Resources:

History of the Racketeering Lawsuit Against the Tobacco Industry: Guilty of Deceiving the American Public

November 8, 2024

In 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against major tobacco manufacturers Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Altria to hold the industry accountable for more than 50 years of conspiring to defraud the public in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Big Tobacco, an industry which has for decades knowingly addicted and endangered the lives of millions of Americans for their own profit, must now post the truth about their deadly products, including at the point-of-sale (POS) for approximately 220,000 tobacco retailers.

ACS CAN & Federal Tobacco Litigation - An Overview

October 25, 2024

The tobacco industry has a history of using litigation to avoid and delay laws and regulations enacted to safeguard the public. ACS CAN, with our tobacco control partners, has also relied on the courts to hold Big Tobacco accountable and to ensure the federal government is effectively implementing the Tobacco Control Act.

The Tobacco Industry is Not the Public Health Solution

February 9, 2023

Big tobacco has a history of prioritizing corporate profits over people and communities burdened by tobacco-related illness and death. For decades, the tobacco industry has lied to specific communities and the public at large saying their products are not addictive, harmful or deadly. Tobacco manufacturers continue to create and flood the market with newly designed products they market as being less harmful and alternatives to quitting – a tactic that is not new.

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Screening Resources:

Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives

July 1, 2026

CDC's Colorectal Cancer Control Program Saves Lives

May 14, 2026

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on Congress to fund the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) lifesaving Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) at $51 million in FY 2027.

Survivor Views on Rural Health

May 13, 2026

Our latest survey finds that cancer patients and survivors living in rural communities are significantly more likely than those in other areas to find it difficult to afford their health care and to accumulate medical debt related to their cancer care. As a result of these additional cost burdens, rural cancer patients and survivors are more likely to skip or delay recommended medical care, skip or delay taking a prescribed medication, fall behind on recommended cancer screenings, and to face food insecurity.

Colorectal Cancer in Under 50

March 23, 2026

Overall, colorectal cancer incidence has declined largely attributed to an increase in screening and changes in risk factors. However, this trend is not consistent across all age groups.

Black Men and Prostate Cancer

November 5, 2025

After declining through much of the late 2000s and early 2010s, prostate cancer incidence rates have risen for nearly a decade. The increase includes distant-stage disease diagnoses among men of all ages, climbing by nearly 3% annually among those younger than 55 years.

Solo los datos: Desigualdades en el cáncer de seno

May 29, 2025

El cáncer de seno es el tipo de cáncer que se diagnostica con mayor frecuencia en mujeres en EE.UU. Aunque en lasúltimas décadas se han logrado avances sustanciales en la reducción de la mortalidad por esta enfermedad,persisten desigualdades, especialmente entre las mujeres de raza negra.

Just the Facts: Out of Pockets Costs and Breast Cancer Survival

May 28, 2025

Breast cancer screening is a continuum. It begins with a screening mammogram, which is often free for most insured women.

ACS CAN Supports the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act (S.1500/H.R. 3037)

May 22, 2025

ACS CAN supports the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act to increase access to no cost breast cancer screening, including all diagnostic and supplemental tests.

National Screening Survey

May 14, 2025

Our latest survey finds that 31% of screening-age adults have been more than one year behind on recommended routine cancer screenings. Over half say out-of-pocket costs are a barrier to getting screened, while 47% report that getting insurance approvals for covered screenings is a barrier.

Healthy Eating and Active Living Resources:

Food is Medicine Initiatives to Address Cancer & Chronic Diseases

March 10, 2026

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports policies and funding that increase access to “Food is Medicine” (or food as medicine) initiatives and interventions intended to prevent, treat, or manage chronic diseases and often address food and nutrition insecurity.