Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

WASHINGTON, DC February 9, 2016 The president 's fiscal year 2017 budget sets an ambitious course to accelerate discovery in the fight against cancer. The proposed 13 percent increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) would go a long way to restore funding shortfalls that have severely hampered progress in

WASHINGTON February 1, 2016 President Obama today announced plans to launch the National Cancer Moonshot with a call for $1 billion in funding for specific cancer prevention and research initiatives intended to accelerate progress in FY16 and FY17. Following is a statement from ACS CAN President Chris Hansen: Families affected

WASHINGTON -- January 28, 2016 -- "The creation of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force is an important step that will allow experts at all relevant agencies to coordinate their knowledge and resources toward the common goal of eliminating death and suffering from this disease. We commend the vice

WASHINGTON, D.C. December 16, 2015 The omnibus FY 2016 spending bill introduced today includes a $2 billion increase for medical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a $264 million increase for cancer research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). A statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action

Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), issued the following statement today following remarks from Vice President Joe Biden about the need for a “national commitment to end cancer.”

Today the Aerospace Industries Association, the National Defense Industrial Association, Research!America and United for Medical Research joined to send Congress a letter urging all of America's elected representatives in the House and Senate to work together to move forward with responsible funding of our national security and medical research priorities.