Updates matching "Breast and Cervical Cancer"

As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off today it’s important to note that inadequate funding continues to limit the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program (NBCCEDP) to providing screenings to only one in five eligible women nationwide.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -– April 20, 2007 -– President Bush signed critical legislation into law today to expand a successful program that provides lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women. Bush’s approval of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 27, 2007 -- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 1132). The legislation, sponsored by Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Sue Myrick (R-NC), would reauthorize this successful program and give some states

WASHINGTON — September 27, 2006 — The American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM(ACS CAN), the sister advocacy organization of the American Cancer Society, today lauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s approval of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The legislation, H.R. 5472, will now go

WASHINGTON — June 1, 2006 — The American Cancer Society today announced its support for a House bill on the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), and asks all Members of Congress to show their support for this successful program that provides breast and cervical cancer screenings