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WASHINGTON, DC -- December 3, 2009 -- "Cancer patients and survivors are opposing the amendment to health care reform legislation offered by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) because it would not ensure no-cost preventive services for women. "Eliminating co-pays, deductibles and other cost sharing for preventive services is essential to expanding

Washington, D.C. – December 1, 2009 – “The cancer community is enormously pleased by House passage of a resolution encouraging awareness of ovarian cancer, the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers. The resolution calls valuable attention to the disease, which will be diagnosed in an estimated 21,550 women and take the

Reducing the number of breast cancer deaths in America requires improved access to mammography and clinical breast examination, testified Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today.

Statement by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) President Daniel E. Smith WASHINGTON, DC – November 20, 2009 – “The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges all Senators to vote in favor of allowing critical health care legislation introduced by Senator Harry Reid this week

WASHINGTON -- November 20, 2009 -- The announcement this week from a federal scientific panel that women aged 40-49 should not get routine annual mammograms emphasizes the need to improve the way scientific evidence is weighed and recommendations are determined. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced Monday that it