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Congress holds the purse strings to cancer research funding. ACS CAN and the American Cancer Society'Making Strides Against Breast Cancer are teaming up to urge Congress to put the ‘Power of the Purse’ behind research. Thank you to Linda Cookinghom, an ACS CAN Ambassador for speaking at the Making Strides

Maggie Powell Maggie Powell alwasy supported advocacy work, but took her volunteerism to the next level with ACS CAN right after Celebration on the Hill. She became an ACT Lead with ACS CAN in 2010, the Vice State Lead Ambassador in 2021 and State Lead Ambassador in 2023. She

Vince Marchetta "Losing my wife, Betsy, to metastatic cervical cancer was devastating to my kids and me." After the fog of grief started to lift, Vince developed a passion to join the fight against cancer and joined ACS CAN. For the last 5 years he has served as an

Subscribe to the Cancer CANdor blog for updates on ACS CAN activities and cancer policy issues. CANCER RESEARCH, PREVENTION & EARLY DETECTION Sequestration Across-the-board budget cuts to domestic and defense discretionary spending agreed upon in the 2011 Budget Control

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Two Year Anniversary March 23 marked the two year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which included key provisions that are improving access to quality, affordable health care for people with cancer and those at risk of developing the disease.

Access to Care – Health Care Reform

CANCER RESEARCH & PREVENTION PROGRAMS The federal government continues to operate under a stopgap spending measure for the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011), with the

CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS With negotiations over the debt limit and deficit