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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

Yesterday, at a press event on Capitol Hill, ACS CAN released a report titled Decades of Detection: Progress and Challenges of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Program.

Today, cancer advocates celebrated the 20th anniversary of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program at a Capitol Hill press event. They were joined by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20); Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09); Dr. Marcus Plescia, director of the CDC's Cancer Prevention

This mother-daughter team understands why more research funding today is critical for improving access to care tomorrow. Read the story here.

I was so excited and honored to be included in the event yesterday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. to highlight the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that will improve access to prevention services.

Every day researchers across the country are working to find the next breakthrough in cancer screening, treatment and care. In California, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (funded by the National Cancer Institute) are developing ways of using saliva as a cancer

On July 1 and July 5, Kansas and Wisconsin became the 21st and 22nd states to implement comprehensive smoke-free legislation that requires 100 percent smoke-free non-hospitality workplaces, bars and restaurants. With these additions, there are now 35 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that require some combination

Yesterday, my 12-year-old daughter, Taylor, and I had an amazing experience. We were able to meet and speak directly to President Obama. We were able to thank him for his relentless efforts to pass health care reform for families like ours who faced holes in the broken health care system.

At a White House event in June, Amy Wilhite, an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteer from Marblehead, Ohio, introduced the President and shared her familyŠ—Ès story about how a ban on lifetime benefit limits in the Affordable Care Act will directly benefit her 12-year-old daughter, Taylor,