Cancer Research Slowly Dies...

As reported in BusinessWeek, by Geoffrey
M. Wahl, former President of the American
Association for Cancer Research.

According to Mr. Wahl, "The American Association for
Cancer Research has been advancing the science for
100 years. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
have been funding cancer research for more than
80 years."

"But in a cataclysmic stroke of bad timing, funding for
the NIH is being 'undoubled.' President George W.
Bush's 2007 budget seeks $4.75 billion for the NCI..."

"This winter, the NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative
Group Program was ordered to cut as many as 60%
of new clinical trials. This translates into 3,000
patients who may be unable to enroll in a cooperative
group clinical trial. You can't find new preventive
agents or treatments without trials"

Don't allow this to continue. Write to your Senator,
write to your Congressman, write to the President
and let them know that Cancer Research is used for
the betterment of tomorrow, for longer lives, for
healthier lives and in the end that's worth more
than all the money in the world.

Mr. Wahl is also a professor at the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies.