About American Cancer Society
ACS CAN: Making a Difference and Saving Lives
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nations leading voice advocating for public policies that are helping to defeat cancer. As the advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, ACS CAN work to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN utilize its expert capacity in lobbying, policy, grassroots, and communications to amplify the voices of patients in support of laws and policies that save lives from cancer.
You CAN Be Empowered
Defeating cancer is as much a matter of public policy as scientific discovery. Lawmakers play a critical role in determining how much progress we make as a country to defeating cancer. ACS CAN gives a voice to those impacted by cancer as they encourage lawmakers at all levels of government to join the fight to make cancer a national priority. By raising issues of importance, raising funds, educating voters, and rallying others to the fight against cancer, ACS CAN unites and empowers you to make a difference and help save lives. ACS CANs work helps advance the Society's mission to defeat cancer by helping to protect and increase public investment in groundbreaking medical research, and by improving access nationwide to the latest prevention and early detection measures, treatments, and follow-up care that are proven to save lives. Like cancer itself, ACS CAN is nonpartisan. ACS CAN do not endorse candidates or political parties, but it does educate voters by serving as a trusted source of information about candidate positions on cancer-related concerns and on key issue campaigns across the country that impact those affected by cancer
