Beating Cancer Requires Funding Cancer Research

That will be the impact on cancer patients if the U.S. House of Representatives’ new budget proposal becomes law. The proposal includes drastic cuts to lifesaving cancer prevention and detection programs. It’ll just take two minutes to send a message to your Representative. Make it clear that a d... See More

The federal government is, by far, the largest funder of cancer research. In recent years, we have made great progress in the war on cancer. But, if we cut or slow down funding now, our momentum and medical breakthroughs could come to a screeching halt. Take action to ensure we continue to fund imp... See More

We've heard from Capitol Hill that tomorrow's vote on the budget will be very close. Will your U.S. Senators vote yes to increase funding for cancer research? Not passing this budget will slow cancer research being done across the country. It could lead to a funding level that means scienti... See More

What an opportunity! We're looking for 100 people on Facebook to tell their US Senators to end 2010 on a positive note by increasing cancer research funding. Are you one of those people? http://acscan.org/budget On Tuesday, your US Senators have a chance to increase funding for cancer research ... See More

The 1,529,560 new cases of cancer this year spooks the heck out of us. That’s why it’s important to band together and fight the evils of cancer with research and reform. http://acscan.org/research