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Cancer
New Report Finds More Than a Third of States Falling Short on Policies to Fight Cancer
August 9th, 2008
More than a third of states are not measuring up in the fight against cancer by failing to implement laws and policies that help people fight the disease, according to a new report evaluating state legislative activity on cancer policy issues. The report, developed by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network(SM) (ACS CAN) in collaboration with its partner charitable organization, the American Cancer Society, found that 20 states reached benchmarks on either none or only one of the six legislative priority areas measured in the report. How Do You Measure Up': A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality was released at...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-09)
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