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December 2, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC – December 2, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this morning released its Healthy People 2020 report, which spells out nearly 600 public health goals for the next decade. The goals include several areas of particular concern to people with cancer and their

October 27, 2010
National

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

October 26, 2010
Maryland

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

August 9, 2010
National

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

August 6, 2010
National

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

July 28, 2010
National

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.

July 27, 2010
National

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

May 5, 2010
New York

David A. Paterson Governor State of New York State Capitol Albany, N.Y. 12224 Dear Gov. Paterson: The American Cancer Society believes that overweight and obesity contribute to 14 to 20 percent of all cancer-related deaths in the United States. This ranks second only to tobacco as a risk for cancer