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Budget cuts limit access to screenings, will halt cancer research

March 11, 2013
National

Sequestration is now in effect, and the impact of its required, across-the-board funding cuts will soon be felt throughout the spectrum of cancer research and care. From research to screening to treatment, nothing is likely to be spared. 32,000ξfewew mammograms will be givenξto women who need them 1,400 promising medical

Volunteers share stories of how cancer research saves lives

March 5, 2013
National

Their voices came in from Alabama to Wyoming. They called from all 50 states and told Congress, in their own words, why we canŠ—Èt afford to cut funding for cancer research. You can hear the stories of the more than 1,100 people whose lives have been touched by cancer on

Families Affected by Cancer Urge Lawmakers to Restore Cancer Research Funding

March 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC March 4, 2013 Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are calling on Congress to restore critical funding for cancer research and prevention programs now that sequestration has taken effect, leveling across-the-board cuts for domestic programs. The 5.1 percent cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health

Cancer patients, researchers put a face on cancer research in new ACS CAN report

February 5, 2013
National

Ken Stock thought he was out of options. The retired lawyer and father of three was fighting melanoma and doctors had told him no further treatments were available. It was around that time when advice from other stage IV melanoma patients led him to Dr. Geoffery WeissŠ—Ès clinical trials at

ACS CAN Report Highlights Critical Need for Sustained Funding for Cancer Research

February 5, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 5, 2013 The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today released a new report, Catalyst for Cures: How Federally Funded Cancer Research Saves Lives, that underscores the threat posed by sequestration to future progress in the fight to end death and suffering related to cancer.

Deficit Reduction Plan Should Not Compromise National Fight Against Cancer

December 12, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- December 12, 2012 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on the White House and congressional leaders to make cancer a top priority as negotiations continue over reducing the federal deficit. Christopher W. Hansen, president of ACS CAN, the advocacy affiliate of

Congress Returns to Capitol Hill ... and ACS CAN is Right There to Meet Them

November 14, 2012
National

Members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill today for their first post-election meetings, and ACS CAN wasted no time in making sure that funding for cancer research was on their minds. ACS CAN joined its partners in the One Voice Against Cancer coalition to conduct a lobby day on Capitol

Hundreds of Patients, Survivors to Urge Lawmakers to Make Fight Against Cancer a Top National Priority

September 12, 2012

Tomorrow, more than 600 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district will unite to ask members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a top priority by funding cancer research and prevention programs.

House Subcommittee Budget Proposal Resurrects Barriers to Care and Flat Funds Cancer Research Programs

July 18, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 18, 2012 -People with cancer and their families are disappointed that appropriators in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to flat line cancer research and eliminate funding for critical programs that would improve access to chronic disease prevention and treatment in the FY 2013 Labor, Health and