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American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Area served
United States, Puerto Rico
MethodLobbying and media campaigns.
Key people
Karen E. Knudsen
CEO ACS, and ACS CAN,
Lisa Lacasse, President, ACS CAN. 18 member board of directors.
Websitewww.fightcancer.org

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is a

Colleges Against Cancer.[3]

Campaigns

ACS CAN's advocacy efforts are targeted at specific cancer-related issues.

Access to healthcare

Like the American Cancer Society, ACS CAN is devoting a significant portion of its resources

pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, and insurance companies can no longer drop a person if he or she gets sick. These provisions ultimately reduce cost burden on patients and their families. Further, the law prohibits companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, eliminates lifetime benefit limits and annual benefit limits that can cause sudden termination of health care coverage, and allows children to stay on their parent’s health plan until the age of 26. Also, if a person has been uninsured for at least 6 months and have a health condition, he or she may be eligible for the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan. Seniors also will receive many preventative services for free such as cancer screenings.[5] According to the ACS CAN, these rulings will expand access to quality health care for cancer patients, decrease cost burden, and refocus health care emphasis on prevention.[6]

Cancer research funding

The US government is the largest funder of

biomedical research through the NIH. Reduction in NIH funding may lead to lower chances of cancer research breakthroughs and interrupt clinical trials at the National Cancer Institute, according to ACS CAN vice president of federal relations and strategic alliances, Dick Woodruff.[7]

Tobacco regulation

ACS CAN supports efforts to grant the

tobacco use prevention and cessation programs, increasing tobacco taxes, and enacting smoke-free laws. ACS CAN states that tobacco use prevention, especially in a "new generation of young smokers", would be the most effective way to reduce exposure to smoke and reduce health risks, including lung cancer.[8]
However, states have recently cut funding for tobacco use prevention programs by 12 percent this year, adding up to a 36 percent funding cut over the past four years.

Under the 1998

District of Columbia are spending less than a quarter of the recommended amount. Connecticut, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and the District of Columbia did not allocate any funding for tobacco prevention programs this year. Only Alaska is meeting or exceeding its CDC recommendation for the year by spending $10.8 million.[10]

Recently the organization has made a major push against electronic cigarettes. There is currently no research which links electronic cigarettes and cancer.[11]

National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)

ACS CAN actively seeks additional funds for the NBCCEDP, which provides breast and cervical cancer screenings for low-income women throughout the United States.

The program, started in 1991, is administered by the CDC and in addition to breast and cervical cancer screenings, it provides follow-up services and information to low-income women between 50 and 64 who are at most risk to breast and cervical cancer. This includes uninsured, underinsured, and racial and

lesions.[12]

ACS CAN works to reauthorize and increase funding for NBCCEDP since it has been at risk for recent budget cuts. Although NBCCEDP has served over 3.9 million women, the program serves less than one in five eligible women at the current funding levels.

Washington, Ohio, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Montana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Alabama.[14]

In 2006, Senators

underserved women being screened.[17]

Judicial Advocacy Initiative

ACS CAN and ACS file "friend of the court" briefs in cases that may affect the cancer community.[18]

Plant It Pink

ACS CAN’s campaign, "Plant It Pink", aims to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer and to raise funds by planting thousands of Pink Impression tulip bulbs around America. Several states have participated in this event including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.[19] The goal is to plant Pink Impression bulbs throughout the states to honor the men and women who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. 800 Pink Impression tulip bulbs were planted in the shape of a 20-foot long ribbon at Ingalls Cancer Care Center in Tinley Park, Illinois, by Ingalls Cancer Research Ambassadors. The tulip bulbs were planted in the fall and are expected to bloom this spring.[20]

Events

Each year, ACS CAN hosts a training and lobbying event in Washington, D.C., for top tier volunteers called Leadership Summit & Lobby Day. More than 500 volunteers and staff meet with their lawmakers during this event to talk about cancer issues.

In 2002 and 2006, ACS CAN hosted massive lobbying events in Washington, D.C., called Celebration on the Hill. In 2002 and 2006, they hosted 4,000 and 10,000 cancer patients, survivors and advocates as part of this event, respectively. In 2006 ACS CAN successfully met with the office of every member of the United States Congress, an unprecedented achievement for a nonprofit health organization. Attendees were treated to live music, public speakers, and a host of onsite activities, as well as the erection of the American Cancer Society Wall of Hope, a temporary monument to cancer survivorship that covered two city blocks.

Publicity

On November 6, 2011, ACS CAN premiered its second-ever national television ad on Meet the Press to ask Congress to remember the lives lost to cancer and the 12 million cancer survivors living in America at the time. ACS CAN produced the ad to push to Congress to make cancer a national priority when addressing the country’s budget deficit. The ad features the Wall of Hope which was created during ACS CAN’s Celebration on the Hill in 2006. The wall held 1,584 sticky notes with messages from people across America to their loved ones who have battled cancer.

The 30-second TV ad were part of a larger national grassroots campaign to protect federal funding for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, and to maintain funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s programs that promote prevention and early detection of cancer, and laws and programs that expand access to affordable health care.

ACS CAN’s national TV ad was aired on major cable networks such as

Fox News Channel, and MSNBC in November and December as Congress and the Super Committee met to address ways to reduce federal spending.[21]

Staff

Dr. Karen Knudsen is the chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.[22] The President of ACS CAN is Lisa Lacasse.[23]

Publications

Notes

  1. ^ "American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network". About ACS CAN. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  2. ^ "Policy Resources. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network". Action.acscan.org. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  3. ^ "Colleges Against Cancer". Acscan.org. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  4. ^ "Affordable Care Act". Acs Can. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  5. ^ "Top Facts About the Affordable Care Act". Greenbaypressgazette.com. November 12, 2011.
  6. ^ "Sixth Circuit Ruling Helps to Preserve Critical Patient Protections". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. June 29, 2011.
  7. ^ Serafini, Marilyn Werber; Mary Agnes Carey (November 21, 2011). "Health Programs Facing Cutbacks After Super Committee's Failure". Kaiserhealthnews.org.
  8. ^ "New Report: States Slash Funding for Tobacco Prevention Programs by 36 Percent". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. November 30, 2011. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  9. ^ Carroll, James R. (December 4, 2011). "Cash short for fighting smoking". Courierjournal.com.
  10. ^ Felberbaum, Michael (November 30, 2011). "Report: States Cut Funding For Tobacco Prevention". Salon.com.
  11. ^ "FDA Takes Long-Awaited First Step to Regulate Cigars, E-Cigs and Other Tobacco Products". 27 September 2016.
  12. ^ "National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program-About the Program". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October 21, 2011.
  13. ^ "Administration Budget Proposal Invests in Medical Research But Underfunds Cancer Prevention". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  14. ^ "Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings". The Seattle Times. December 12, 2009.l
  15. ^ "Cancer Advocates Remind Congress that Disparities Still Exist in Cancer Detection and Treatment". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. April 19, 2006. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  16. ^ "Breast Cancer Awareness Month Highlights the Need for Adequate Funding for Lifesaving Program". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. October 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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  18. ^ "JAI". Action.acscan.org. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  19. ^ "Plant It Pink". Acscan.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  20. ^ Robbins, D.L. (November 21, 2011). "Ingalls Cancer Research Ambassadors 'Plant it Pink' at Tinley Park Center". Tinley Park: Triblocal.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012.
  21. ^ "New National TV Ad Urges Congress to Make Cancer a National Priority". American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. November 4, 2011. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  22. ^ "Executive Leadership". cancer.org. American Cancer Society. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  23. ^ "Christopher W. Hansen, President American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network", action.acscan.org, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, archived from the original on 2013-01-22, retrieved 2013-03-15

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