AACR Cancer Policy Press Releases

2012

• AACR Applauds Reauthorization of FDA Safety and Innovation Act (July 9, 2012)

• AACR Statement on the Defeat of Proposition 29 – The California Cancer Research Act (June 25, 2012)

•  AACR President to Testify on Importance of NIH and NCI Funding Before Senate Cancer Coalition (June 18, 2012)

• AACR Statement on Proposition 29, The California Cancer Research Act (May 29, 2012)

• Cancer Organizations Unite to Honor Congressional Champions, Build Support for Cancer Research (May 16, 2012) 

• AACR Board of Directors Pronounce Crisis in Cancer Research Funding its No. 1 Priority (April 1, 2012)

• AACR Praises New HHS Tobacco Education Campaign (March 15, 2012)

• AACR Expresses Concern With the President's FY2013 Budget (Feb. 15, 2012)

2011

• AACR Joins U.S. Senators in Recognizing 40th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act (Nov. 17, 2011)

• AACR Urges Congress to Safeguard Funding for FDA, Cites 35 Drug Approvals in 2011 as Validation of Agency's Effectiveness (Nov. 10, 2011)

• Ruling Blocking Graphic Cigarette Health Warnings Presents Major Setback for Public Health (Nov. 9, 2011)

• AACR CEO Margaret Foti to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award (Oct. 11, 2011)

• AACR to Honor Three Congressional Leaders with Distinguished Public Service Awards (Sept. 21, 2011)

• AACR Releases Landmark Cancer Progress Report (Sept. 20, 2011)

• AACR Praises New Cigarette Health Warnings as Significant Step Forward; Urges Continued Research to Reduce Tobacco Use (June 21, 2011)

• AACR Celebrates Unanimous Passage of Resolution Declaring May as National Cancer Research Month (June 2, 2011)

• Cancer Organizations Honor Rep. Markey, Advocate for Biomedical Research Funding on Capitol Hill (March 10, 2011)

• AACR Applauds Sens. Feinstein and Hutchison's Leadership in Promoting May as National Cancer Research Month (May 6, 2011)

• AACR Opposes Proposed Cuts to Fiscal Year 2011 Budget (April 3, 2011)

• AACR Honors Visionary Leader with Distinguished Service and Global Impact in Cancer and Biomedical Research Award (March 25, 2011)

• Center Director Says FDA Hitting Milestones in Tobacco Law, Urges More Research at AACR Congressional Briefing (March 18, 2011)

• FDA and NCI Officials to Address Tobacco Law, Research at AACR Briefing (March 14, 2011)

• Surgeon General, AACR Leaders Urge Increased Investment in Research to Tackle America’s Tobacco Epidemic (March 14, 2011)

• AACR to Host U.S. Surgeon General at Congressional Briefing on America’s Continuing Tobacco Problem (Feb. 28, 2011)

2010

• New Surgeon General Report on Smoking and Disease Caps Successful Year of Federal Anti-Tobacco Action, AACR Says (Dec. 9, 2010)

• AACR Applauds Cancer Objectives in Healthy People 2020, Underscores Importance of Federal Funding for Research (Dec. 3, 2010)

• AACR Praises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its Tobacco Prevention Efforts (Nov. 10, 2010)

• Cancer Prevention Conference Underscores Need for Congress to Pass Appropriations Bill That Funds NIH (Nov. 1, 2010)

• AACR Applauds Appointment of Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D., to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors (Sept. 24, 2010)

• AACR President-elect Testifies Before President's Cancer Panel (Sept. 22, 2010)

• AACR Supports NIH Stem Cell Research (Aug. 25, 2010)

• AACR Recognizes One-year Anniversary of Tobacco Law and the Additional Provisions Taking Effect Today; Calls for More Research to Combat Tobacco Epidemic (June 22, 2010)

• AACR Welcomes Mary Lee Watts, Director of Government Relations (June 7, 2010)

• AACR Applauds Presidential Nomination of Harold E. Varmus, M.D., as Director of the National Cancer Institute (May 17, 2010)

• AACR Releases New Policy Statement on Tobacco and Cancer and Addresses Congressional Panel on Smokeless Tobacco (April 13, 2010)

• The AACR Honors Three Visionary Leaders with Distinguished Public Service Awards (April 13, 2010)

• American Association for Cancer Research Hires Jon Retzlaff as Managing Director of Science Policy and Government Affairs (March 29, 2010)

2009

• AACR Responds to Mammography Guidelines (Dec. 15, 2009)

• AACR Takes Steps to Aid the FDA in Regulating Tobacco; Publishes Best Research Practices (Dec. 3, 2009)

• AACR Holds News Conference on President Obama's Speech to NIH (Sept. 30, 2009)

• The AACR Mourns the Loss of Senator Edward Kennedy, Champion of Health Care and Cancer Research (Aug. 26, 2009)

• Senator Arlen Specter to Address AACR Annual Meeting (April 14, 2009)

• AACR Awards Centennial Medals for Distinguished Public Service (April 14, 2009)

• The AACR Commends Senators Kennedy and Hutchison on the 21st Century Cancer ALERT Act (March 26, 2009)

• The American Association for Cancer Research Congratulates Margaret Hamburg, M.D., on her Nomination as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (March 16, 2009)

• American Association for Cancer Research Lauds Senator Arlen Specter for Leadership in the Fight Against Cancer (Feb. 17, 2009)

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