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Governor Walz Signs Legislation to Increase Access to Innovative Testing that Can Match Patients with Most Effective Treatments
... it. The new law will enable more Minnesotans to benefit from biomarker testing, a critical step in accessing precision medicine treatments that can lead to fewer side effects, improved survival, better quality of life and potentially lower costs for cancer patients. Dubbed ‘the right treatment, at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a ... as gene mutations, which can be measured in biospecimens like tissue. “I was diagnosed with metastatic stage IV lung cancer in 2021. Because of biomarker testing and the targeted treatment that it led to, I am currently cancer free. Every patient, every oncologist and every affected ...