| Cancer Research Backers on Capitol Hill | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 7:01:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | (AP) More than 3,300 cancer patients, survivors, friends and relatives fanned out across Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby Congress for more money for cancer research and detection. Aiming to visit the offices of every member of Congress, the group also appealed to lawmakers to reauthorize a program that provides breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for uninsured women. President Bush's proposed budget for the fiscal 2007 year beginning Oct. 1 would cut the National Cancer Institute's budget by $40 million. Wendy Selig, the American Cancer Society's vice president for legislative affairs, said the institute needs a 5 percent increase _ $240 million _ in its $4.8 billion budget this year just to keep pace with medical inflation. National Institutes of Health estimates for disease research show cancer funding staying fairly flat in recent years, with annual increases of $115 million and $92 million between 2003 and 2005, followed by a $49 million drop this year.... | |
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| | | Survivors Offering Supoort to other breast cancer survivors | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:00:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | FREDERICK -- Melba Rollins says she had only one thought upon being diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2005 -- "I thought I was going to die. That was it." Her brother, a physician, told her she could survive the disease, but because a close relative had died from cancer, she didn't believe him. Ms. Rollins said she went into denial. "There was nothing for me to understand what I was going through or what I was feeling," she said. "I was still raw from being diagnosed." After a mastectomy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Ms. Rollins began radiation treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital's Regional Cancer Therapy Center. Her brother often accompanied her on her visits. "A lot of the time É my brother would be speaking to the doctor and I'd look out the window," she said.... | |
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| | | DO IT! Gilda's Club to host talks | | Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:05:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Gilda's Club of Metro Detroit is hosting a cancer symposium for young adult cancer survivors from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at 3517 Rochester Road, Royal Oak. The event is open to people in their 20s and 30s who are currently in treatment or who have completed treatment. Heidi Adams, founder of Planet Cancer, an online organization for young adults touched by cancer, will be the keynote speaker. Local experts will lead workshops throughout the day. Attendees will receive a continental breakfast and lunch. The symposium is free, but reservations are required by Thursday. For information, call 248-577-0800, 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. By Angela Lopez, Free Press staff writer .... | |
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