Tour aims to make cancer a No. 1 campaign issue

STERLING - Carol Ledford knows the devastating effects of cancer, both emotional and financial. The 57-year-old Rock Falls woman lost her husband, Douglas, 57, to pancreatic cancer in September. Her mother, Rosemary Chapinski, 76, and two uncles also died of cancer last year. Shortly after he was diagnosed, Douglas Ledford tried to gain access to Social Security funds, but was told he had to be on disability for 6 months before he could get any money. He died a month before he was eligible. The Ledfords' case isn't uncommon. Millions of people diagnosed with cancer do not have access to the health care they need. Fight Back Express, an American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network program that utilizes a tour bus to get people involved in a