Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

Our first Maryland Cancer Research Breakfast hosted by ACS CAN was held on October 19, 2010 to celebrate advancements in breast cancer research and survivorship at the Westminster Hall in Baltimore, MD. It was amazing to be in a room filled with survivors, researchers, advocates, and corporate sponsors all there

Capitol Hill was painted blue on Tuesday as more than 600 advocates from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district met with their members of Congress to urge sustained funding for cancer research and prevention and early detection programs. Volunteers dressed in blue ACS CAN polo shirts participated in

More than 600 cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district are meeting with their lawmakers today to discuss the need for sustained funding for cancer research and programs. Dressed in blue ACS CAN polo shirts, advocates will spend today discussing the

During the month of August for the Congressional Recess, Ambassadors are urging their Members of Congress to "Put the Power of the Purse behind Research" by delivering "Power of the Purse" bags to their Members. Because Congress holds the "purse strings" to cancer research funding, we are urging Congress to

This mother-daughter team understands why more research funding today is critical for improving access to care tomorrow. Read the story here.

Every day researchers across the country are working to find the next breakthrough in cancer screening, treatment and care. In California, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (funded by the National Cancer Institute) are developing ways of using saliva as a cancer