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National Breast Cancer Coalition has announced its 2013 Public Policy Agenda.  Public policy advocacy is one of the most important facets in the effort to end breast cancer, so please get involved.

We're looking forward to a very productive year in 2013, increasing our efforts to end breast cancer, promote access to affordable health care and advance the interests of those living with breast cancer.

We'll have a new announcement to make in a couple of weeks, so stay tuned and sign up for our newsletter.

We'll also be preparing for our annual trip to National Breast Cancer Coalition's Annual Advocacy Conference & Lobby Day in Washington DC.

We'll also be continuing to educate and assist breast cancer patients in northern Ohio, so sign up today to get involved!

The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) is being held Dec. 4 - 8, 2012.  We'll update the blog with some highlights as they develop.

Molecular Assays

Hope to see you tomorrow at our 11th Annual Breast Cancer Seminar - Breast Cancer Deadline 2020

When: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 - Noon to 2 pm

Where: Brecksville Community Center, 1 Community Drive, Brecksville, OH

Free and open to the public

Learn about strategies to end breast cancer by January 2020. 

Here's a link to the US Cochrane center at Johns Hopkins University.  It takes you to an online course where you can learn how to evaluate breast cancer research.

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Access to affordable, quality health care is one of the most critical components in helping end breast cancer.  It's been a top priority of both Northern Ohio Breast Cancer Coalition Fund (NOBCC) and National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) for the last several years.

We join NBCC in applauding today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The Act, when fully enacted will improve access to affordable care, protect the rights of patients and improve the quality of cancer care across the U.S.

Tomorrow, a group of breast cancer activists from Ohio, including 6 from northern Ohio, will join hundreds of others in Washington DC. 

National Breast Cancer Coalition president Fran Visco appears in The Daily Beast to talk about advocacy, research and why we need a different approach to end breast cancer.  As usual, she's right.

Our most sincere thanks to Rep. Steve La Tourette and Rep. Marcy Kaptur for their support of H.R. 3067, the Accelerating the End of Breast Cancer Act 2011.

H. R. 3067 directs the President to create a special Commission to identify opportunities and ideas within both government and the private sector and recommend projects towards the following goals:

1. the primary prevention of breast cancer and;

2. the causes and prevention of breast cancer metastasis

Commission members will be appointed by the President, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader and will seek to develop a strategic vision to meet these goals by January 2020.

If you live in Rep. Kaptur or Rep. LaTourette's district, please give them a call or send an email thanking them for their co-sponsorship of H.R. 3067.

If your representative hasn't signed on as a cosponsor yet, please give them a call today and ask them to do so.

For more information about the Act and National Breast Cancer Coalition's other initiatives for Breast Cancer Deadline 2020,  please visit their web site.

National Breast Cancer Coalition's latest email message advises the deadline for Representatives to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter for renewed 2013 funding of the DoD Breast Cancer Research Program has been extended to Monday, March 19.  So please call your members today!

Rep. Marcia Fudge is the first Ohio member of Congress to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter!  Congratulations, Rep. Fudge and thanks for your support.