Updates matching "Cancer Prevention"

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

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

The Hawaii legislature overwhelmingly passed legislation requiring private insurers to cover the full range of colon cancer screening tests. When the Governor signs the legislation in a ceremony next week, Hawaii will become the 28th state, in addition to the District of Columbia, to pass such a law.

Idaho's governor approved a budget that increased funding for Women's Health Check, Idaho's Breast and Cervical Cancer screening program, by $150,000.