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HELP REQUEST $30 Million 4 Young Adult & Childhood Cancer 

Hello Friends, The only CURE 4 CANCER is RESEARCH. C4C is always pushing for more funding from the U.S. government. Please read the information provided & if you can voice your support to your congressional representative it would really help. Thank you, Emerson 

DoD CDMRP FY2017 Request
Peer-Reviewed Young Adult, Adolescent and Pediatric Cancer Research Program
Appropriation Request Submitted By: Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA)

The Department of Defense (“DoD”) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program’s (“CDMRP”) mission is to target critical gaps and transform healthcare through groundbreaking biomedical research in response to its stakeholders—the American public, the military and Congress.

  • The National Institute of Health (“NIH”) defines adolescent and young adults (“AYA”) as persons between the ages of 15-39 years old.

  • According to the NIH, the #1 disease killer of AYA and pediatric citizens is cancer.

  • According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the AYA and pediatric populations comprise more than half, 53%, of the American public.

  • According to the DoD, AYAs make up 86% of the active population serving in the U.S. military. When you factor in their spouses and children, more than 90% of America’s active military members and their families fall into the AYA and pediatric population.

  • According to the NIH, AYA and pediatric cancers are significantly under-researched, leading to poor outcomes including high morbidity and mortality.

  • The NIH states that AYA and pediatric cancers differ in type and biological behavior from cancers diagnosed in older adults, yet when it comes to cancer research, this population has fallen through the cracks.

Congressional Sponsors;
Peters: (202) 225-0508
https://scottpeters.house.gov/contact/email-me

McCaul: (202) 225-2401
https://mccaulhouse.gov/contact/email-me

Important: Please email/call/contact your home district congressional representative and tell them you support this important Congressional Appropriation Request.

  • The NIH states that AYA and pediatric cancers differ in type and biological behavior from cancers diagnosed in older adults, yet when it comes to cancer research, this population has fallen through the cracks.

• The NIH says there is a need for basic science, epidemiology and clinical trials to improve survival rates for AYAs and children fighting cancer.

• The DoD CDMRP is in the unique position to make a groundbreaking transformation in healthcare
for 86% of our nation’s active military forces
and 53% of the American population, filling the critical gap by investing in research for cancers that specifically affect AYAs and their children.

• The CDMRP FY 2015 budget was $1 billion and features line items for prostate cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer, totaling $110 million. According to the NIH, all of these cancers have a median diagnosis age of 66 years old.

• The median age of AYA and the pediatric population fighting cancer is 20 years old. Yet there is no line item in the CDMRP for AYA and pediatric cancer, the #1 disease killer of America’s young active military service members and their families.

TABLE 38 @CANCERCON
YES!! It is APRIL and on April 28 The Executive Committee of Connect4Cancer and Our Fabulous Volunteers will descend on the Downtown Denver Sheraton for the 2016 CancerCon celebrating Young Adult Cancer Survivors. 


If you would like to meet the movers and shakers that ARE Connect4Cancer stop by the CONNECT4CANCER BOOTH #38. If you need help getting to the convention  contact: Info@connect4cancer.org
and we will do our best to make it happen
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