Updates matching "Cancer Research Funding"

WASHINGTON -- March 4, 2015 -- Following is a statement from Chris Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), in response to the announcement that Harold Varmus, M.D., willξstepξdown as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI): Dr. Varmus achieved major accomplishments during nearly five

WASHINGTON, DC Feb 2, 2015 The president 's fiscal year 2016 budget sets an ambitious course for the national effort to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases such as cancer. The proposed three percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) would

WASHINGTON, DC January 30, 2015 The president 's Precision Medicine Initiative is an important investment in improving our understanding of the causes of and potential therapies for cancer - a disease that kills more than 1,600 people in America each day. The proposal would dedicate a combined $215 million for

WASHINGTON, DC -- January 26, 2015 -- We commend Rep. DeLauro for introducing the Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, a bipartisan bill that would create a budget cap adjustment to allow for a funding increase for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The bill would boost the NIH

WASHINGTON -- December 2, 2014 -- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Dr. Harold Varmus today announced the institute's FY 2016 professional judgment budget request for $5.75 billion. Also known as the Bypass Budget, the request is the agency's annual estimation of the necessary investment to promote ongoing and promising research

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 15, 2014 More than 600 cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones from all 50 states and nearly every congressional district are on Capitol Hill this week to ask their members of Congress to make the fight against cancer a national priority. The American Cancer Society Cancer

Washington, DC More than 250 childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 24 to ask Congress to continue to support initiatives that can improve research, treatment and outcomes for children with cancer. The third annual Childhood Cancer Action Day event,