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Ed Markey: “Young adult cancer is a growing crisis hiding in plain sight. Rates are surging, diagnoses are delayed, and we lack a…”

On the recordJune 16, 2026
Young adult cancer is a growing crisis hiding in plain sight. Rates are surging, diagnoses are delayed, and we lack a coordinated national response. That ends today. The Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act will create a much-needed plan to reverse the trend of increasing cancer among young people and ensure faster diagnosis, better treatments, and more support for everyone facing this disease. We named this bill for Asal because she embodied exactly the spirit we need in this fight: determined, compassionate, and unwilling to accept the status quo. This is for her.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Discussing the Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act

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