Site Search
Search Results
Biomarker Testing in Tennessee
Sign our petition to expand access to biomarker testing in Tennessee! 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 Tennessee ...
Access to Biomarker Testing in Tennessee
Sign our petition to expand access to biomarker testing in Tennessee! 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 Tennessee ...
Advocates to Urge State Lawmakers to Pass Biomarker Testing Bill at Annual Cancer Action Day
... Tennessee will travel to the state Capitol next Tuesday, February 11, to meet with lawmakers and ask for their support in ensuring coverage of biomarker testing. The bills ( HB0484 and SB0435 ) to ensure coverage were introduced on January 28. In the case of a cancer diagnosis, biomarker testing helps doctors determine the right therapy or treatment, saving some patients from more generalized treatments like chemo and ...
Lawmakers Should Take Critical Step for Cancer Treatment in Tennessee in 2025
... the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) urges them to prioritize legislation which would allow more Tennesseans to access biomarker testing, an increasingly important part of cancer care. In the case of a cancer diagnosis, biomarker testing allows doctors to precisely target a specific cancer, saving some patients from more generalized treatments like chemo and ...
ACCESS TO CARE
... 138% of the federal poverty level access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage. Learn more about our Medicaid Expansion work Biomarker Testing ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a ...
2025 Tennessee Cancer Action Day Information Hub
... on. Wear black or dark pants and comfortable shoes for walking. Committee Meetings Schedules Issue Information: Precision Medicine and Biomarker Testing Biomarker Testing One Pager Biomarker Testing Cost Savings Biomarker Testing Non-oncology Fact Sheet Biomarker Patient Stories JUUL Settlement One ...
2025 Legislative Priorities
... 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. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a ...
Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer
... is asking the legislature to prioritize access to care for cancer patients through the expansion of telehealth services and increased access to biomarker testing. Telehealth is critical because it provides cancer patients and survivors with a convenient means of accessing some cancer care and primary ... ‘the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time,’ precision medicine plays a critical role in improving cancer outcomes, and biomarker testing is an essential step to precision medicine. Legislative action on these pieces of legislation would improve access to care for ...