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Welcome! Biomarker testing helps connect patients with the right treatment at the right time. ACS CAN and partners are working together to make sure more Massachusetts residents can benefit from this important testing. Video of maggies_biomarker_story   What is Biomarker Testing? In cancer care, biomarkers are often used to help determine the best treatment for a patient . A “ ...

... Advocates will ask lawmakers to support legislation (House Bill 1227/Senate Bill 809) that would ensure insurance coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing , which uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, diagnose or treat diseases like cancer. Unfortunately, not all communities are benefiting from the latest advancements in biomarker testing and precision medicine due to financial barriers. Improving coverage for biomarker testing across insurance types will help ...

... products. We will be making the following fact-based policies a priority and ask for your support:   Ensuring Access to Quality Care Access to Biomarker Testing:  ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Not all communities are benefiting from the latest advancements in biomarker testing and precision medicine. Communities that ...

... many doctors, nurses and researchers have given me. I was definitely feeling lost. Then I found ACS CAN. Massachusetts initiated the Access to Biomarker bill the same month I joined. It seemed like a match made in heaven. Since then, my story and this work have uplifted my spirits and ... In the meantime, I will continue to tell my story so that our voices can be heard.   You have been a story teller as part of the Massachusetts biomarker campaign. Can you tell me more about they different ways you've been telling your story and why you're advocating more for other patients ... a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with Stage 3 metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after a delayed diagnosis due to the pandemic. Biomarker testing revealed an ALK mutation, which changed my treatment from standard chemotherapy or immunotherapy to an FDA-approved oral medication that ...