American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Founded2001
Focus"Holding lawmakers accountable for their words and their actions" relating to cancer.
Location
Area served
United States, Puerto Rico
MethodLobbying and media campaigns.
Key people
Karen E. Knudsen CEO ACS, and ACS CAN,
Lisa Lacasse, President, ACS CAN. 18 member board of directors.
Websitewww.fightcancer.org

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. It was founded in September 2001 to directly lobby with the goals of the American Cancer Society, which is subject to restrictions on advocacy activities because of its tax classification. ACS CAN works to make cancer a national priority. Specifically, it advocates for better access to care, cancer prevention and early detection programs, cancer research funding, regulation of tobacco by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, better quality of life for cancer patients, and attempts to raise awareness of and reduce cancer disparities.

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