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Increase in DOD Breast Cancer Research Funding

We recently got the great news that some of our hard work has paid off. Earlier this month the Senate and the House approved $138 million in FY 2008 funding for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (DOD BCRP) -$10.5 million more than last year. Created in 1991 as a result of ...
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Anonymous
11/27/07 11:11am

Not that it's not a worthy cause, but I don't understand why DOD would be funding breast cancer research.

12/18/07 2:37pm
I'm happy to say I finally found some time to answer this question, as well as the question below - in fact, I wrote a whole blog about it! http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/4535/18009/asked-cancer/ Thanks for your interest!
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Mare
11/27/07 11:17am

Dear Fran,

 

Thank you for all you do .. your hard work is recognized by all in the breast cancer world and is more appreciated than you can ever imagine.  As a mom of a ten year inflammatory breast cancer survivor, diligently working to get word out about this insidious disease not only to the general public but to the medical community as well, how are the DOD monies distributed? Simple question and most likely a complicated answer but I do look forward to hearing the answer.   

12/18/07 2:39pm
Please follow the link below to my latest blog for an answer. Thanks for your interest, Mare! http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/4535/18009/asked-cancer/

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