A bill introduced in both chambers of the Virginia legislature would change the firefighter presumption's definition of digestive cancer to encompass more diseases.
Virginia's firefighter presumption currently covers seven cancer types: leukemia, pancreatic, prostate, rectal, throat, ovarian and breast. Senate Bill 1119 and its companion bill in the House would change "rectal" to "colorectal," meaning that the cancer could originate anywhere in the colon or rectum.
A southwestern Virginia firefighters' union voiced its support of the bill to Roanoke news...
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