The American Cancer Society will launch two national roundtables—one focused on cervical cancer, the other breast cancer—to bring together leading organizations and experts with the goal of improving health equity and access to cancer screening.
In 1991, the National Breast Cancer Coalition demanded that the federal government spend $300 million more on breast cancer research. This push resulted in the creation of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, which has broadened to 34 other diseases with an FY24 budget of $1.5 billion.
