CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Iowa’s two major-party candidates for U.S. Senate are outlining how they would address cancer, as advocates push candidates to make prevention, treatment and research a priority in the race.
Democratic candidate Josh Turek met with cancer survivors and advocates in Cedar Rapids Wednesday as part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Cancer Votes initiative.
ACS CAN said it invited both Turek and Republican candidate Ashley Hinson to sign its “Cancer Promise,” which asks candidates to support cancer research funding, access to affordable and comprehensive health coverage, cancer prevention services and tobacco prevention and cessation programs…