When it passed the Omnibus appropriations bill for the financial year 2018 at the end of last week, Congress increased funding for prostate cancer research from $80 to $100 million through the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDRMP). … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has heard that, as part of the final resolution of the US federal budget for fiscal year 2017 (which passed the Senate yesterday), there has been a $10 million increase in funding for the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) within the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). … READ MORE …
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Prostate Cancer International and PCPC3 (along with ZERO and others) encourage our American readers to call or e-mail your senators between now and Monday, please … READ MORE …
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PCPC3 — the the patient-centered prostate cancer collaborative coalition — has just issued a detailed statement in strong support of an increase in the funding for the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) within the US Department of Defense. … READ MORE …
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According to the Report of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations (see p. 273) it is currently proposed that the Prostate Cancer Research Program of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program will again receive $80 million in funding for the financial year 2014. … READ MORE …
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Yesterday, the U.S. Senate approved legislation that will probably keep funding for the Prostate Cancer Research Program of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program fully intact for 2013 (subject, of course, to the issue of “sequestration” — otherwise known as “the S word”). However, we need help for 2014! … READ MORE …
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As the annual Defense appropriations cycle starts once again, The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink encourages all you US-based prostate cancer patients and other US-based voters to e-mail your Congressman or Congresswoman and ask them to support prostate cancer research funding through the “Dear Colleague” letter being circulated by Representative Pete King in the House. … READ MORE …
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An amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act offered by Congressman Cliff Stearns (R, FL) on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday has added back $16 million to the Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP). The amendment was passed by a voice vote and supported by members of both political parties. … READ MORE …
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Please take just 5 minutes to write your Congressman or Congresswoman and ask him or her to continue to support and protect funding for the Department of Defense’s Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP). We need your help before May 12. Just click on the link above to use the ZERO CapWiz program. … READ MORE …
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Senator John McCain is a man who has been treated successfully not once, not twice, but three times for malignant melanoma. … READ MORE …
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Every two years, the Prostate Cancer Research Program of the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program holds the “Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today” or IMPaCT meeting. The next such meeting will be held on March 9 to 12 this year in Orlando, Florida. … READ MORE …
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DoD PCRP stands for the Congressionally mandated Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program — and it is the only US government-sponsored initiative that dedicates funding specifically to prostate cancer research. (Similar DoD cancer programs provide dedicated funding for research into breast, lung, colon, and ovarian cancers.) … READ MORE …
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