Updates matching "New York"

Breast cancer affects more women in New York than any other cancer, and an estimated 2,550 New Yorkers will die from the disease this year. We can't afford to leave New York women without access to life-saving cancer screening!

Long Island Volunteer Joins NFL Players to Talk About Cancer Screening Programs WASHINGTON. DC - ACS CAN volunteer and breast cancer survivor Gail Carey of Long Island was recently at the Nation's Capitol to talk about the crucial need for the government to fund the National Breast and Cervical Early

NEWS from the American Cancer Society For media inquiries, contact: Angela Pause Smith – 518.454.4039 (office) or 518.339.6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2009 COLLECTING THE TOBACCO TAX WILL SAVE LIVES, GENERATE NEEDED DOLLARS Statement from Donald Distasio, CEO, American Cancer Society

Many people don’t realize it, but fighting cancer means fixing health care. Our current health care system fails millions of people, especially cancer patients.

On Monday, September 21, 2009, President Obama visted Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy (near Albany, NY) to discuss the importance of community colleges in the country's economic recovery. In advance of the speech, a group of American Cancer Society volunteers gathered along the motorcade route near the Albany

NEWS from the American Cancer Society For media inquiries, contact: Angela Pause Smith – 518-454-4039 (office) or 518-339-6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOCAL LAWMAKER, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, DISCUSS HEALTH CARE REFORM Congressman John Hall and the American Cancer Society Cancer

ACS Supports Calorie Labeling in Albany

NEWS from the American Cancer Society For media inquiries, contact: In Rochester: Kim McMahon – 585-288-1951 x 126 (office) or 585-233-8441 (cell) [email protected] In Albany: Angela Pause Smith – 518.454.4039 (office) or 518.339-6339 (cell) [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2009 NEW LAWS BRIDGE HEALTH

New York's Year by Peter Slocum Vice President of Advocacy American Cancer Society staff and volunteers took aim at key budget and policy goals in Albany this year, looking to protect existing programs and break new ground in the fight against cancer.