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Advocacy Education Hub

A well-prepared advocate is an effective advocate. The Advocate Education Hub is your one-stop show for all your prostate cancer advocacy needs.

On this page you can find the 2025 Advocate Guide, videos to help you better understand the issues we are advocating about, and even an example of what a meeting will look like.

Note: While many of these videos are from previous years, and each year the specific budget requests we're making change, the core information is still applicable.

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Advocate Guide

The 2025 ZERO Summit advocacy guide has everything you need to understand the policy priorities we'll be discussing during our meetings in D.C. 

While many of the videos on this page are from previous years, and our specific requests vary based on what is most urgent currently in the healthcare landscape, the core information is still applicable.

In this education hub, you'll learn all about the logistics of research funding, key programs and stakeholders, and what the most urgently needs are for empowering the early detection and new treatments that can save lives.

Policy Priority 1: The PSA Screening for HIM Act

About the PSA Screening for HIM Act Request: H.R.1300/S.297, the PSA Screening for HIM Act, is our top priority for the 2025 Summit and the current 119th Congress. Learn what the bill does and what your elected officials can do to help. Please note, this video was recorded in 2022, during the 117th Congress, so the bill numbers are different, but the core information is the same. 

PSA Testing – Controversy, Clarity, and Counsel: The PSA test is the old reliable for prostate cancer screening, so you might wonder why we have to fight so hard to ensure men have access to it.  This video offers background information you might find useful in understanding the need for the PSA Screening for HIM Act and our ZERO Cost to Prostate Cancer Screening Initiative.

PSA Screening for HIM Act One-Pager 2025 v5
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PSA for HIM Act

Most instances of prostate cancer are initially detected with the PSA blood test. We advocate for common-sense legislation to eliminate barriers to early detection by removing co-pays for testing in the highest-risk populations.

Policy Priority 2: Funding for the Prostate Cancer Research Program

Requesting PCRP Funding: Learn what the Prostate Cancer Research Program is, why we support funding for it, and how to use your story to advocate in support of this important research investment.

Infographics: Explaining the Prostate Cancer Research Program

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Key Background

Appropriations 101

Much of the conversation around prostate cancer research comes down to dollars and cents. But how does the federal government funding process work?

Susan Sweat explains the Federal appropriations process — both how it’s supposed to work and how it works in the real world — breaking down what you need to understand when asking elected officials about funding research.

Policy Priority 3: Funding for Prostate Cancer Activities at the CDC

About the CDC Funding Request: What, exactly, does the CDC do for prostate cancer? Learn how their efforts help to increase prostate cancer knowledge in high-risk populations and to decrease health disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.

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Policy Background

The CDC & Prostate Cancer

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports state health departments' prostate cancer activities including educational outreach about early detection, as well as research, surveillance, and outreach initiatives.

Policy Priority 4: Support the VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP)

Our newest request for the 2025 Summit is in support of one of the most innovative programs for prostate cancer patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs, known as POPCaP. 

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Policy Background

VA’s Precision Oncology Prostate Cancer Program (POPCaP)

Since its inception in 2016 and launch in 2018, the VA has operated 21 Centers of Excellence in the POPCaP program. These Centers of Excellence give Veterans access to genetic testing and counseling, prostate cancer clinical trials, and FDA-approved drugs targeted to specific cancer mutations.  The VA is currently planning to discontinue the POPCaP program, which would threaten the quality of care our Veterans receive, and we are asking Congress to prevent that from happening. This is especially important because prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis among U.S. Veterans.

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See it in Action

Example Meeting

Nervous about your Capitol Hill meetings? Here’s your chance to see one in action. During the 2021 Summit, ZERO staff recorded an actual virtual meeting so advocates can have the chance to know what to expect, mute button failures and all.

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