Cancer Action Network: Legislature Prioritizing Removing Barriers to Precision Treatments
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024
HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 1 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release:
Legislation has been introduced, Senate Bill 307, that would ensure biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer and an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments, is covered by Medicaid. Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person's specific type of cancer. . . .
Legislation has been introduced, Senate Bill 307, that would ensure biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer and an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments, is covered by Medicaid. Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person's specific type of cancer. . . .