Colon Cancer Treatment and Prevention

As representatives of the citizens of b be-ass York put forward, we cast off a responsibility to ensure that everyone has access to the highest quality health care possible.As a State Senator. I have worked crisply to fight for increased funding for cancer education and prevention, and to improve and refine health care insurance insurance coverage and treatment, including legislation we are working labored to approve the Womens Health and Wellness Act which would expand treatment and prevention services and insurance coverage for breast cancer and another(prenominal) illnesses facing women in particular.Colon cancer is currently the second guide cause of cancer deaths, followed only by lung cancer. This year, 130,200 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer. N primeval half, 56,300, will die from it.Focusing on expanding treatment and coverage for colon cancer is of critical importance in our continued efforts to give great access to preventative health care for all citizens.Because early detection is the key in fighting colon cancer and some other illnesses, it is critically important that we continue to educate people on how they can help to prevent colon cancer by acquire a colon cancer screenings like colonoscopies. Many people are apprehensive about the test itself, which is why we must continue to power for quality education and prevention services.One tremendous resource we have here in our region, right here in Rochester, is the University of Rochesters bring of Biomedical Sciences where scientists work diligently everyday to help find to a greater extent effective ways to fight cancer. As the senior member of the Rochester State Legislative Delegation, I worked with my colleagues and Governor Pataki to secure $7 million in State assistance for the Institute and will continue to fight to sustenance these important and life-saving endeavors.Certainly I support providing our health care consumers with greater access to preventio n services and more expansive insurance coverage for colon cancer treatments and would encourage everyone interested in this issue to butt against their State representatives to share their views and concerns.