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Fight Cancer! with The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Episode 280

Fight Cancer! with The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary · Matthew Zachary

January 17, 202340m 33s

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Show Notes

Today's episode is made possible in part by The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN,) the nation's leading cancer advocacy organization that is working every day to make cancer issues a national priority. 


Today I am joined live in-studio by Pam Traxel (ACS CAN Senior Vice President for Alliance Development and Philanthropy), Kate Weissman, a young adult cervical cancer survivor, and Ian Locke, a Ph.D. student in molecular cancer biology at Duke University.


Kate is a state lead ambassador for ACS CAN in Massachusetts, and Ian is a congressional district member for ACS CAN in North Carolina. Together with Pam, we talk about channeling anger into action, what lobbying the federal government looks like, and how getting legislation passed across the aisle can help millions of Americans at a clip.


What's more, we invite you — the listener — to join the thousands of cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and advocates fighting every day on Capitol Hill to make healthcare suck less for Americans. Why complain when you can do something tangible right now? How would you like to help reduce drug costs, improve access to care, and motivate the FDA to approve new life-saving treatments?


Visit https://fightcancer.org/pod and see how you can take an active role in influencing the government to do the right thing and help cancer patients around the country.


That's https://www.fightcancer.org/pod


Now go and be a badass cancer advocate.

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