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Pam Witzel has joined the ACS CAN volunteer leadership team as Interim Lead for Nevada's new congressional district 4. Pam is an attorney, small business owner (Pam owns Smart Geek Products, maker of the Blue Boost (a must for every cell phone user) with her husband Steve, and cancer advocate.

This week, researchers released important findings that might change the way doctors will look at and treat breast cancer ξin the future. Thanks to the NIH-funded Cancer Genome Atlas , researchers are beginning to find characteristics for genetic changes to certain cancers, including breast cancer. As Dr. Matthew Ellis of

Statement from Russ Sciandra, NYS Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: study that says poor smokers spend 25 percent of their incomes on cigarettes. “The report’s* finding that poor New Yorkers spend 25 percent of their income on cigarettes is shocking and should

ACS CAN State Lead Ambassador Karen Heusinkveld (featured above), along with dozens of Texas volunteers and more than 600 volunteers across the county, visited Washington D.C. on September 12-15 as part of ACS CAN's Federal Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.

Statement from Ethan Hasbrouck, NJ Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: the number of uninsured in New Jersey. “As New Jersey’s health insurance exchange languishes in limbo, the numbers released today show that the state’s uninsured need the help an exchange will provide.

Statement from Russ Sciandra, NYS Director of Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network re: the uninsured in New York State. “The numbers released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show that New York’s ‘full steam ahead’ approach on New York’s health insurance exchange is the right