Helping Cancer Patients Keep Everyone in the Loop

Circle Of Sharing™ (COS) is the American Cancer Society’s new social Web application that helps cancer patients, and their trusted circles coordinate support and treatment. Patients using COS can easily keep family and friends in the loop as they move through treatment and beyond.   “A cancer diagnosis can be very scary and may very [...]

Local ACS CAN Volunteer Takes Her Funding-Fight to Washington, D.C.

This week, Julie Johncox, of Fort Worth, Texas, joined other American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers in urging lawmakers to bolster funding for critical cancer research and prevention programs, as part of the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) Lobby Day.   Now in its 10th year, the OVAC Lobby Day took place [...]

Cancer Patients Say They Need Health Care Reform NOW

One in four people currently receiving cancer-related care has delayed treatment in the past year, and nearly one in three people under age 65 who have been diagnosed with cancer has been uninsured at some point since their diagnosis, according to a national poll released by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), [...]