Last night, President Bush signed into law funding for fiscal year 2009. Included in this omnibus measure is money to fund the Department of Defense and a new $20 million Lung Cancer Research Program.
The legislation notes that lung cancer is the most lethal of all cancers, taking more lives each year than all other major cancers combined and that military personnel have heightened exposure to lung cancer carcinogens.
“Priority should be given to the development of the integrated components to identify, treat and manage early curable lung cancer”, it states.
The bill requires the Army to provide a plan for how the funds will be spent and submit that plan to Congress within 120 days.
This is an historic moment for the lung cancer movement. The tidal wave of money for breast cancer research started in the same way. Thank you to all for your continued support of LCA! Together, we will change outcomes for lung cancer.
Have a great day!
Kay
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