We Need Better Clinical Trials Our president explained to reporters why drugs have to be tested on all kinds of people to know who they work for and who can be harmed by them. Cancer patients deserve studies that include women and men, people under and over 65, and all major racial/ethnic groups. FDA […]
The Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund has developed a free, easy-to-read booklet for men who are deciding whether or not to undergo screening for prostate cancer.
August 11, 2014. On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and safety of children, we write to express our support for the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014. This legislation recognizes the danger that liquid nicotine used to refill electronic cigarettes poses to small children and gives the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) the authority to require the use of child-proof packaging on liquid nicotine containers sold to consumers.
Our patient booklet, DCIS: What You Need to Know, helps women diagnosed with DCIS understand the difference between DCIS and Stage 1 breast cancer, and discuss treatment options with their doctor. It was funded by a grant from the DC Cancer Consortium through the Department of Health, Government of the District of Columbia, with additional support from the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation.
This Associated Press article quotes Gregg Gonsalves’ testimony at the Senate briefing hosted by the National Center for Health Research on June 12, 2014. By Matthew Perrone WASHINGTON (AP) — As an AIDS activist in the early 1990s, Gregg Gonsalves traveled to Washington to challenge the Food and Drug Administration. Gonsalves was part of the […]