Our advocacy campaign resulted in historic national and state legislation, recognizing the prostate cancer crisis as a public health priority and major area of health care disparities and calling for increased public investment in the advancement of diagnostic tools for early detection and treatment.
Landmark Accomplishments
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The Massachusetts Governor, Senate and House allocated $500,000 for a state-wide prostate cancer awareness and education campaign, with the focus on men with African American heritage, family history and other risk factors.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Program
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Massachusetts State House unanimously supported allocation of $1.5 million for a clinical trial of high quality prostate MRI and its PI-RADS standardization.
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To follow up on its request of May 2012 (see May 2012 above), the US House of Representatives requested a “Report on Prostate Cancer Imaging Research” in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014.
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AdMeTech held the Fourth Annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at the Massachusetts State House, and led a petition to US Congress to support the Boxer/Cummings and Kerry legislations. The event participants and the leading state legislators signed this petition.
Resolution of the Boston City Council
Resolution of the Massachusetts General Court
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Senator John Kerry (D-MA) led introduction and passage of the bipartisan AdMeTech-advocated Prostate Cancer Resolution (SR 493), which acknowledged prostate cancer in African American men as a health care crisis and urged Federal agencies to support research for the advancement of early detection, including biomarkers and imaging technologies.
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Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) introduced the AdMeTech-driven bipartisan Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act, in order to authorize $180M in federal funding for research and education to improve early detection of prostate cancer.
Letter of support: from MA General Court to MA Delegation to US Congress
Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
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US House of Representatives directed the Department of Defense to prioritize research funding for the advancement of prostate diagnostics in general and imaging specifically (in the National Defense Authorization Act and Defense Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2013).
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AdMeTech held the Third Prostate Cancer Awareness Day at the Massachusetts State House, where the Senate President and Speaker of the House set a historic precedent by issuing a General Court Resolution recognizing prostate cancer as a public health priority, a major health care disparity and a central issue in men’s health.
Boston City Council Commendation
Massachusetts General Court Resolution
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US President’s Proclamation of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month mentioned the advancement of diagnostic tools, including imaging technologies, as one of the top research priorities for the first time.
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US President’s Budget for NIH highlighted molecular imaging of prostate cancer as one of the top national research priorities for fiscal year 2012.
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Dr. Faina Shtern of AdMeTech was invited to address the Health Brain Trust of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) by its Chair, Congresswoman Donna Christensen (D – Virgin Islands). It was the first time prostate cancer was included on the agenda of the CBC annual conference. sleep aid
Academy of Radiology, RSNA, AAPM and MITA Support PRIME Act
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US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a Congressional Hearing on the state of prostate cancer diagnostics, which was requested and driven by AdMeTech in coordination with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). AdMeTech’s CEO Dr. Faina Shtern served as one of the expert witnesses. As the result of this hearing, Rep. Cummings re-introduced the $650 million PRIME Act.
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Re-introduction of the PRIME Act (S. 756) by US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in the US Senate.
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HR 353 passed unanimously in the US House of Representatives, with strong bi-partisan support.
➤ Press Release ➤ Videos (Rep Cummings, Democratic and Republican Leaders) ➤ Roll Call Coverage
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The Fourth Public Conference on Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer brought together key leaders of academia, industry and advocacy. During a closing ceremony in the US Congress, the $650 million Prostate Cancer Research and Imaging (PRIME) Act was introduced by Rep. Elijah Cummings in the US House of Representatives.
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The AdMeTech-driven prostate research Imaging & Men’s Health Education (Prime) Act (S. 1734) is introduced in US senate by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to allocate $650 million over five years for research and education in diagnostics: $ 500 million for imaging technologies and 100 million for in vitro diagnostics. Co- Sponsors include senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).
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US House of Representatives Resolution 353 (HR 353), which was advocated by AdMeTech Foundation, was introduced and called for increased national investment in prostate cancer imaging and minimally invasive treatment.
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