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PROPOSED FEDERAL
BUDGET SHORT-CHANGES CANCER RESEARCH
NEEDS
The proposed
2008 budget sent by President George W. Bush to Congress cuts cancer
research funds at the National Cancer Institute and fails to deliver
needed increases for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cancer
programs.
Funding cuts will slow the pace of
advancement against this disease and treatments to help the millions of
people affected by cancer. In this year alone we will lose more than
500,000 friends, family and co-workers to cancer — the nation’s second
leading killer.
As a nation we have become too complacent
about cancer and it is time to rise up and let our elected officials
— and the nation at large — know that this is no longer acceptable. Lance
is leading an effort to unite all individuals who want to make fighting
cancer a national priority. Together we can create significant change and
progress in the fight against cancer.
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