Cancer Prevention
2008
Issue 11


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From the Editors

Calendar of Events
Infection: A Major Contributor to the Global Burden of Cancer

Lance Armstrong: Champion in the Fight Against Cancer

Effectiveness of Tobacco Product Labeling Policies Worldwide

Spotlight On...Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D.

Can Diet Help Determine Colon Cancer Survival?

India's Annual Death Toll from Smoking May Soon Top One Million

News from the NCI

Issues & Insights

Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials

State Legislation

Federal Legislation

Make Your Voice Heard

Other Information Resources

 

Federal Legislation


H.RES.119: to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.448: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Cancer Research Month, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.672e: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.715: to provide funding for programs at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences regarding breast cancer in younger women and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.945: to require the FDA to conduct consumer testing to determine the appropriateness of current labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and determine whether such requirements provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible damage to the skink, including skin cancer, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1030: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority or underserved populations, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1078: to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare Program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1108: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1132: to protect the public health by providing the FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1132: to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to community cancer care by Medicare beneficiaries.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1157: to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1190: National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1236: to make permanent the authority of the US Postal Service to issue a special postage stamp to support breast cancer research.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1440: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men’s Health.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.1624: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants for the detection and control of colorectal cancer.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.3014: To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.3084: To require the Food and Drug Administration to establish a standard for broad-spectrum protection in sunscreen products, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

H.RES.3333: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.111: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the United States Military Cancer Institute as an establishment within the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, to require the Institute to promote the health of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents by enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.216: A resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the American Association for Cancer Research and declaring the month of May National Cancer Research Month.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.579: to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.597: to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for two years.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.624: National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2007.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.625: to protect the public health by providing the FDA with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.640: to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men’s Health.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.668: to require the FDA to conduct consumer testing to determine the appropriateness of current labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and determine whether such requirements provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible damage to the skink, including skin cancer, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.1056: A bill to provide for a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and the prevention of cancer, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.1576: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.
http://thomas.loc.gov

S.RES.2005: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education on the health consequences of exposure to secondhand smoke, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov



 
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