NCCN News

For World Cancer Day, NCCN, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) announced 3 key areas of policy focus as part of the Alliance for Cancer Care Equity (ACCE) joint collaboration, including advancing diversity in clinical trials, improving cancer screening and early detection, and increasing access to patient navigation.The organizations are also working with Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) to observe the day with a congressional resolution.According to the resolution, the United States Congress will designate February 4th as World Cancer Day to highlight the importance of taking meaningful action to raise awareness of the disparities that exist in cancer care, and support efforts to close the care gap.Despite progress in recent years, Black Americans have the highest death rate and lowest survival rate of any racial or ethnic group for most cancers. 1 Compared with White people, mortality rates are two-fold higher for prostate, stomach, and uterine corpus cancers in Black people and for liver, stomach, and kidney cancers in Native American people. 2 World Cancer Day is a global awareness day organized by the Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) every February 4th.The 2024 observance marks the third and final year for the "Close the Care Gap" campaign focused on reducing disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes.The ACCE will continue to identify governmental actions to drive further improvements in the three areas of focus and advance necessary structural changes to cancer care delivery throughout the United States.They call on members of Congress to support: H.R.