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... & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are making progress when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. ... the District of Columbia measured up in five categories. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 15 th edition of the report shows just how far we’ve come in the last decade and a half passing policies proven to reduce suffering ...

... & DC Lawmakers Have Opportunities to Save Lives and Money Through Improving Access to Affordable Health Coverage, Tobacco Control and Quality of Life Measures   WASHINGTON, DC – August 3, 2017 – Maryland and the District of Columbia are making progress when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. ... the District of Columbia measured up in five categories. The report was released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). “This 15 th edition of the report shows just how far we’ve come in the last decade and a half passing policies proven to reduce suffering ...

... survivors, volunteers and staff from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district are gathering in Washington, D.C. this week as part of the annual American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Leadership Summit and Lobby Day. Advocates are urging Congress to take steps to make cancer a national priority and help end a disease that still kills more than 1,660 people a day in this country.   The ACS CAN Lobby Day will culminate at sunset this evening with a Lights of Hope ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial featuring more than 40,000 lights in honor of a cancer survivor or to memorialize a loved one ...

... Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person’s specific type of cancer.  “Biomarker testing made a huge difference in my life,” said Erin Nielson, a cancer survivor in Bethel, CT. “I was diagnosed with ... that my cancer’s DNA would not benefit from chemotherapy. In previous years, chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation would have been the standard of care for my type of cancer.” This legislation will help address a significant barrier and bring the promise of precision medicine to more people, no matter their race or where they live. Personalized treatments based on a patient’s biomarkers can provide many benefits, including better outcomes, improved quality of life, and, in some cases, like Erin’s, reduced costs from bypassing ...