Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

WASHINGTON, DC -- July 9, 2012 äóî Volunteer advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will join cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers from 14 other organizations in Washington, DC, this week to urge lawmakers to support funding for critical cancer research and prevention programs

NASHUA, N.H. -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the New England Division of the American Cancer Society and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) briefed members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation today in Nashua to encourage sustained federal funding for cancer research so

WASHINGTON June 14, 2012 Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), about today 's Senate Appropriations Committee vote on the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services: We appreciate that the bill provides a $100

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, today announced an additional $2.5 million donation to help pass the June 5 ballot initiative that will save lives, invest in groundbreaking medical research and keep kids from smoking.

WASHINGTON March 28, 2012 At an annual hearing on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget request today, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director, Dr. Harold Varmus, testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services that increased federal funding is critical to leverage past progress in the

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 21, 2012 -People with cancer and their families are disappointed the U.S. House of Representatives is seeking deep cuts in the FY 2013 budget resolution bottom line that would jeopardize access to health care for cancer patients and survivors as well as future discoveries in cancer research