Candidates Share Cancer Plans at 2008 LIVESTRONG Summit
If you’re a cancer survivor, cancer advocate or oncology professional with time to travel this month, consider a trip to Columbus, Ohio.
Why Columbus?
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is hosting a major cancer summit at Ohio State University on July 24-27, 2008.
Organizers of the summit are planning to bring together 1,000 leaders from across the country to discuss the future of cancer research in the United States. By bringing together cancer survivors, healthcare professionals, major media outlets and prominent politicians, the event hopes to raise awareness about the importance of legislation funding scientific research related to cancer prevention and treatment.
The summit will also help voters learn candidates’ plans for addressing the cancer epidemic before ballots are cast this fall.
Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has already confirmed he will attend the 2008 LIVESTRONG Summit. Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama has yet to respond to LAF’s invitation. (If you know him, please encourage him to accept.)
Whether Senator Obama makes the time to attend or not, the summit is an important step in keeping cancer research on the national agenda. As LAF’s famous founder said,
“We have 10,000,000 cancer survivors in this country. If they all came together and said, that’s it, that’s our issue — we’re going to vote that way, we’re going to ask the hard questions, and we’re going to hold our leaders accountable, then that’s how you affect change.”
Lance Armstrong
Champion Cyclist, Testicular Cancer Survivor, Cancer Advocate
To learn more about government funding for the National Cancer Institute, visit the NCI Office of Budget and Finance web site at http://obf.cancer.gov/.
Source: LIVESTRONG Newsletter
Related Links: Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute; CancerAdvocatesCoalition.org
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I’ll be going, and hope to meet you there! Darryl, from Out With Cancer and LGBT Cancer . Hope to see you there!