President Signs Government Funding Bill -- Includes top LCA priority
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight, the President
signed into law funding for fiscal year 2009. Included in this omnibus measure
is money to fund the Department of Defense and a new $20 million Lung Cancer
Research Program.
Lung Cancer Alliance President and CEO Laurie Fenton-Ambrose called the
new program "a turning point for lung cancer."
"This is the breakthrough we have all been working so hard for - our
advocates, patients and their families, our staff and our Board," she said.
Fenton-Ambrose credited the chairmen of the House and Senate Defense
Appropriations Subcommittees for their support and commitment to the new lung
cancer research program.
The legislation notes that lung cancer is the most lethal of all cancers,
taking more lives each year than all other major cancers combined and that
military personnel have heightened exposure to lung cancer carcinogens.
"Priority should be given to the development of the integrated components
to identify, treat and manage early curable lung cancer," it states.
The bill requires the Army to provide a plan for how the funds will be
spent and submit that plan to Congress within 120 days.
Lung Cancer Alliance, www.lungcanceralliance.org, is the only national
non-profit dedicated exclusively to patient support and advocacy for those
living with or at risk for lung cancer.
Media Contact:
Kay Cofrancesco
kay@lungcanceralliance.org
202-463-2080
SOURCE Lung Cancer Alliance
Kay Cofrancesco, Lung Cancer Alliance, +1-202-463-2080,
kay@lungcanceralliance.org
