Cancer.ext.com the leading online social network for cancer survivors, patients, families, advocates, and volunteers, announced today the launch of a
EXT application designed to gather signatures and support for a national Cancer Bill of Rights Petition.
According to Crawford Shaw, CEO of Cancer.ext.com "Further to our mission that a national Cancer Bill of Rights be realized, I am excited about our new application designed to greatly enhance our efforts to garner support and gather signatures for the petition we are working on to submit to Congress in 2009. In line with our aims to utilize
Cancer.ext.com as a social network focused on change and political action that can radically improve the lives of Cancer patients and their close ones across the country, there is no doubt in my mind that realizing a Cancer Bill of Rights will be a major first step in this mission"
About the Cancer Bill of Rights Petition
The Cancer Bill of Rights Petition details 15 initiatives which must be promoted and implemented by Congress to better equip cancer patients to fight and defeat their diseases.
These initiatives are:
1.
Promotion of Stem Cell Research
2. No More Publicly Traded Health Insurance Companies.
3. Insurance Premium Forgiveness for Cancer Patients.
4.Cancer Patients Need Health Insurance Advocates .
5.Health Insurance to Pay for Quality of Life Procedures .
6.Policyholders to Pursue Payment of Claims in State Court .
7.Nutrition Education .
8.Nutrition Vouchers .
9.Entrepreneurial Oversight of FDA, NIH, & NCI .
10.Fast Track Cancer Drugs .
11.Revamp the Statistical Analysis of Drug Approval Process .
12.Big Tobacco to Fund $100 Billion Cancer Cure Contest .
13.Free Cancer Screenings .
14.Transparency of Cancer Charities .
15.Promotion of Chemo Sensitivity Testing
For example, line item 1, the initiative for the Promotion of Stem Cell Research, details how Stem cells represent an enormous opportunity. Their potential use for the cure of cancers and other diseases are literally infinite. The petition calls for the immediate expansion of stem cell research with a specific focus on application in cancer research.
Another line item from the petition deals with the fast tracking of Cancer drugs.This initiative states that it is imperative that the FDA open its mind to cancer treatments outside the realm of major pharmaceutical companies, and put more energy and funding into encouraging viable treatments and drugs without debilitating proper competition.
