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Supporters tell committee Marney’s Law would boost early Identification of inflammatory breast cancer
Summary
Family members and advocates urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance H2489, “Marney’s Law,” to add brief inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) education into health professional curricula and raise clinician awareness to reduce misdiagnosis, while presenters said implementation would not require state funding.
Marney’s Law (H2489) drew emotional testimony at a Joint Committee on Public Health hearing Tuesday as relatives of a woman who died after a delayed inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis urged lawmakers to require short IBC awareness training in health professional curricula. Supporters said the proposal would be implemented without cost to the Commonwealth and would help clinicians spot a frequently misdiagnosed form of breast cancer earlier. Proponents framed the bill as primarily an educational measure that…
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