Cancer survivors appeal for research funding

PROVIDENCE – The four members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation all recently received petitions from individuals representing One Degree, a nationwide effort to increase medical research at the National Cancer Institute by $1 billion over two years.

The representatives included Rhode Islanders who are cancer survivors themselves as well as family members.

“People who have been touched by cancer have the power to tell Congress that we must fund the research to combat this disease,” said Todd Ellison of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, which is affiliated with the campaign. “With nearly 15 million cancer survivors in the United States today and an estimated 1.7 million people who will be newly diagnosed this year, we believe that enough is enough. It’s time to fight back.”

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