Nearly every person in the US who has been treated for breast cancer in the past few decades has benefitted from federal investment in medical research. But cuts to current and future research funding threaten the National Institutes of Health and other critical programs, impeding progress.
At the same time, anti-science rhetoric is eroding trust in medical, academic, and other research organizations.
NBCC advocates know firsthand that science saves lives. This October, fight back against these threats to our mission and take action to protect the science that will help end breast cancer. Urge Congress to oppose science and research cuts or any legislative package that targets medical research.
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To advocates like Tonsa Price-Edwards, who’s living with metastatic breast cancer, saving science means saving lives and improving quality of life. As she says: “The medications I’m on today didn’t exist when I first got diagnosed.” Her story highlights why it's more important than ever to protect science.
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Congress established the Department of Defense peer-reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program (DOD BCRP) in response to NBCC advocacy. Since then, Congress has appropriated nearly $4.5 billion to the program, driving lifesaving and transformative discoveries in breast cancer research—from Herceptin to CDK4/6 inhibitors.
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| “I owe my life, and my future, to scientific innovation and medical research.”
Meet NBCC advocates from across the country who are able to advocate for an end to breast cancer, thanks to federally funded scientific research.
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In The Meteor, NBCC President Fran Visco discusses how cutting federal funding for research on mRNA technology will set back promising efforts to prevent and treat breast cancer.
“There’s absolutely no basis for what the federal government is doing right now in terms of vaccines.”
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Breast cancer won’t wait. Neither can we. We refuse to let cuts and setbacks define the future of breast cancer. Take action today by joining BOLD, a new community of monthly donors who fuel NBCC’s powerful advocacy every single month.
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