Latest Lung Cancer Alliance Stories

Commends growing number of medical centers adopting responsible screening practices laid out in the National Framework WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) congratulated the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) for reaffirming its support for lung cancer screening for those at risk. This is in response to ACCP's publishing of a special supplement to its May issue of CHEST, ACCP's peer-reviewed journal, which cites evidence that...

On Heels Of Today's Supreme Court Ruling On Graphic Cigarette Warnings WASHINGTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to develop new graphic cigarette warnings that comply with the landmark 2009 law granting the FDA authority over tobacco products, including the requirement for large, graphic cigarette warning labels. The new warnings will help further inform Americans about the deadly...

$10.5 million funding for Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program Included Despite Threats of Sequestration WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) commends the US Congress on the passage of a Continuing Resolution for the remainder of FY2013 that includes $10.5 million in funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) Lung Cancer Research Program. This would bring the total funding so far for this program, which was...

Former Cabinet Secretary for Veterans Affairs Highlights Continued Efforts to Support at Risk Military Men and Women WASHINGTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced today that Anthony J. Principi, former Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, has joined its Honorary Board of Directors. "It is an understatement to say that it is a true privilege to welcome Secretary Principi to our Honorary Board," said Laurie Fenton...

Same Stigmatization Blocks Access to Low Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance and Legacy join other public health advocates in opposing a provision in the Affordable Care Act that permits health insurance companies to charge premiums to smokers that are 50% higher than non-smokers. "What is most upsetting about the increased premiums from a public health perspective is that we know that most smokers today want...

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY JOINS SCREENING SUPPORTERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in response to the announcement by the American Cancer Society, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) President & CEO Laurie Fenton Ambrose said: "We are pleased that the American Cancer Society has joined Lung Cancer Alliance, other leading professional organizations and medical centers around the country in endorsing CT screening for those at high risk for lung cancer." "No one...

Lung Cancer and Pancreatic Cancers Now Research Priorities WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just hours before the end of the 112th Congress, constitutional deadline for approval of a bill passed by that Congress, President Barack Obama today signed into law the first legislation requiring comprehensive plans of research action for high mortality cancers, with lung and pancreatic cancers given priority status for expedited attention. This landmark legislation,...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Senate gave its final approval to legislation containing the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act that gives priority status to lung and pancreatic cancers for the development of a master plan of action that the National Cancer Institute must send to Congress and make publicly available within 18 months. The President is expected to sign the bill, the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which contains the cancer...

Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act Creates New NCI Scientific Framework Focused on Lethal Cancers - Lung and Pancreatic to Launch Initiative WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced that its long sought goal of establishing a research priority within the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on lung cancer was another step closer to becoming law with the United States Senate's approval of the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012....

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) urged Congress to hold cancer research harmless from the fiscal cliff that members of Congress face as they return following the election break. LCA President and CEO Laurie Fenton-Ambrose said that cancer research funding is not a luxury but a necessity. "The incidence rate of cancer is higher now than it was 40 years ago and it is the leading cause of death in adults under the age of 75," she said....