The House Votes to Restore Funding for the Prostate Cancer DOD Program to 2011 Levels!

Yesterday there was an amendment passed on the House floor to restore the Prostate Cancer Research Program's 2012 funding to $80 million. The Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2219) originally was slated to allocate only $64 million to the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP), a 20% reduction from last year’s funding. Restoring these [...]

A Personal Request – Help Us Save The Prostate Cancer Research Program at the Department of Defense

Federal research funding for prostate cancer accounts for around $400 million per year. The Prostate Cancer Research Program at the Department of Defense has received about $80 million per year since 2001. Funding at the PCRP has accelerated the clinical trial process for several drugs over the past couple of years including the recently approved [...]

Support Prostate Cancer Research Funding NOW

The Department of Defense manages a significant fund given by congress to finance high risk and high impact research. One of the specific diseases that is funded is prostate cancer. In my personal opinion this particular program has had a significant effect on our lives. Unfortunately, prostate cancer has continued to take a back seat [...]

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