Updates matching "Breast and Cervical Cancer"

Amidst a very tight budget year,ξtheξTennessee stateξbudget includes an unprecedented $3.5 millionξ(recurring funds) to TennCare for a comprehensive smoking cessation program, restores $1 millionξin funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and adds $500,000 for additional smoking cessation and prevention programs throughout the state.ξ These victories are

Lorene Nelson, a 63-year-old breast cancer survivor and ACS CAN volunteer, traveled from her home in Georgetown, S.C. to Washington, D.C. to share her story at a White House event held Oct. 15. Lorene joined Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and Department of Health and Human

Wow! what a beautiful site. On October 24, the Baltimore Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Event was filled with a sea of pink. Over 600 Power of the Purse petitions were collected to urge the Governor not to cut funding for the Maryland Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. Even though

Today, representatives from ACS CAN and ACS will be on the phone with radio personalities across the country discussing the 20th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). National spokespeople, Elizabeth T.H. Fontham, M.P.H., Dr.P.H., immediate past president of

On August 10 at 2pm, ACS CAN will be hosting a Twitter chat on our Twitter handle, @ACSCAN, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). The Twitter chat was organized to answer questions about the

Yesterday, at a press event on Capitol Hill, ACS CAN released a report titled Decades of Detection: Progress and Challenges of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Program.

Today, cancer advocates celebrated the 20th anniversary of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program at a Capitol Hill press event. They were joined by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20); Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09); Dr. Marcus Plescia, director of the CDC's Cancer Prevention