The goal of the tour is to make cancer a top national priority with elected officials.

Several cancer patients and their families shared their personal stories and signed a petition to get quality healthcare for all Americans.

"That's part of the battle. We need not just good doctors and good treatment and money for research, we also need involvement from community's, from people who are caretaker's for cancer patients," says Dorothy Carnal, Health Initiative Representative.

The tour will travel to 48 states through election day in November.