Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

On Tuesday, some of ACS CAN’s youngest volunteers were on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers on behalf of childhood cancer patients and survivors. The seventh annual Childhood Cancer Action Day, organized by the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, brings together advocates from many patient groups. The Loos family, ACS CAN volunteers

Studies have shown that most patients are eager and willing to participate in clinical research, but that only a small fraction of them end up enrolling in clinical trials due to various enrollment barriers.

In 2015, ACS CAN launched the One Degree campaign and called on Congress to increase cancer research funding by $1 billion. Now, after three years of hard work by ACS CAN volunteers, that ambitious goal has been reached. Congress just passed the federal budget for the 2018 fiscal year and

The U.S. Senate just passed the STAR Act, a bipartisan bill that lays the groundwork for new breakthroughs in researching and treating childhood cancer.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network held a briefing on Capitol Hill last week to highlight the findings of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures report released earlier this year.

Thanks to our collective voice, a budget including more than $178.8 million in mission-related appropriations is awaiting the Governor’s approval, including funding for three of ACS CAN’s top priorities.

A bipartisan bill that lays the groundwork for new breakthroughs in understanding and treating childhood cancer is one step closer to becoming a law. The STAR Act passed a key U.S. Senate committee allowing it to move to the full Senate for a vote. This is an important step in