
CPRIT is Saving Lives in Texas
In 2007, Texas voters authorized $3 billion in taxpayer-funded grants for cancer research and prevention. This wise decision led to the creation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Since CPRIT joined the battle against cancer in a Texas-sized way:
- More than 4 million clinical services have been provided to Texans in every single county
- A CPRIT scholar received the Nobel Prize in Medicine
- More than 1,200 grants have been awarded to fund cancer research, product development, and prevention
- More than 98,000 jobs have been created
- $10.9 billion in economic activity has been generated
- Thanks to CPRIT's grants, 12,000 Texans are now aware they have cancer or a likelihood of getting cancer, and can take proactive steps against it