CANCER
RESEARCH
FUNDING
IS IMPORTANT TO
OUR NATION'S
HEALTH
AND ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING
GOOD FOR
GOOD FOR
OUR HEALTH:
OUR ECONOMY:
· The total number of US cancer deaths
declined last year thanks to decades of
· Cancer cost the nation $2 8 bilion last year.
research and prevention ef orts led by
NIH and CDC.
· Stable, sustained investments in research
wil help us learn how to stop or slow
· Numerous studies show that we can
cancer before it takes its tol on us, our
dramaticaly reduce death and suf ering
familes and our economy.
from cancer, including the most deadly
cancers, if funding for research and
prevention is increased.
The President's vision of doubling cancer research funding over the next
eight years is a critical step toward conquering cancer ­ which stil kils
more than 560,0 0 Americans annualy.
CANCER RESEARCH.
GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH. GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY.
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