Trump proposal would slash total cancer funding while boosting pediatric research
Cancer survivors, patients, caregivers and physicians gathered in Los Angeles this month for a Cycle for Survival event to raise money for research on rare cancers. By Laurie McGinley Laurie McGinley Reporter covering health and medicine Email Bio Follow March 11 at 5:04 PM The Trump administration’s budget proposes a $50 million increase for pediatric cancer research for the next fiscal year, while cutting overall funding for the National Cancer Institute by almost $900 million.
“The additional $50 million dedicated to childhood cancer research, while welcome, will not be as effective as possible if overall research funding is significantly reduced,” said Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. “Childhood cancer research is intertwined with all of cancer research. and cuts to NIH [the National Institutes of Health] and NCI funding will consequently have deleterious effects on such research regardless of age.
Despite the budget proposal, cancer funding could rise because of strong support on Capitol Hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after Trump’s State of the Union speech that $500 million over a decade for childhood cancer wasn’t enough.
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