U.S. SENATORS KATIE BRITT, ELISSA SLOTKIN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO MODERNIZE OVARIAN CANCER PREVENTION AND CARE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) recently introduced theOvarian Cancer Improving and Modernizing Prevention, Access, Care, and Testing (IMPACT) Act, bipartisan legislation to expand access to genetic testing, hereditary cancer risk assessment, and specialty care for patients and families affected by ovarian cancer."Too many women receive an ovarian cancer diagnosis only after the disease has advanced, when treatment options are limited, and outcomes are far worse,"said Senator Britt. "Knowledge is one of the most powerful tools we have, and every woman with a family history of ovarian cancer deserves to know her ris...