Progress has been made across the United States to pass and implement legislative solutions to prevent and fight cancer, according to an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network report.
“How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality” illustrated which states have improved policies to help prevent cancer and also highlighted the progress that still must be made in several areas.
“We've learned so much in the last decade when it comes to preventing, screening and better treating cancer. State lawmakers play an important role in putting that knowledge into practice,” Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Cancer Action Network, said in a press release. “By enacting evidence-based policies, state lawmakers can help reduce suffering and death from cancer and improve the financial health of their states.”
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