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For USA readers – Protect Our Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Funding

UPDATE June &, 2016 4:30 PM EST We won. The Durbin Amendment to save all cancer research funding at the Department of Defense passed 66-32, saving the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP), which includes an important prostate cancer funding resource. Thank you to everyone from Malecare Cancer Support and all of our partner organizations [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T11:50:34-05:00June 2nd, 2016|Advanced Prostate Cancer, DOD, DOD PCRP, Politics of Cancer, Uncategorized, United States|0 Comments

Cancer Research Funding, We Need Changes

On June 27, 2009, Gina Kolata’s article in the New York Times on the too safe nature of funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) struck a chord for many of us. She opens the article with the following, “Among the recent research grants awarded by the National Cancer Institute is one for a [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T11:46:32-05:00June 29th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments