Michael Sapienza, Chief Executive Officer of Colorectal Cancer Alliance, shared on LinkedIn:
“This week, Representative Andre Carson and Representative Rob Wittmann introduced the bipartisan Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act in the House of Representatives, building on the momentum of the bill’s Senate introduction by Senator Edward Markey and Senator Amy Klobuchar earlier this year.
Young adult cancer patients wait an average of seven months from their first symptoms to treatment, compared with one month for people 50 and older. The bill would create the first national plan to understand why cancer is rising in adults under 50, help catch it sooner, and support patients and their families.
This legislation is especially critical for colorectal cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in Americans under 50.
That’s why the Colorectal Cancer Alliance is leading a national effort to pass this bill, named for our late colleague and friend, Asal Sayas, a fierce, tireless advocate for cancer patients.
With your support, we can turn this momentum into lasting change:
- driving awareness,
- supporting young patients and their families,
- pushing for the research and early detection they deserve.
A big thanks to Susan Blumenthal, for her leadership in bringing this vision to life in memory of Asal.
Please sign on to support the bill, and please consider making a gift to the Alliance to help us carry Asal’s mission forward.
Enough people dying. Let’s end this.”
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