Cancer researchers in US call for more funds
AFP, June, 2007
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CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — US cancer specialists issued an urgent appeal this weekend for more budget allocations for cancer research, which have been decreasing in the country for four years threatening to delay introduction of new treatments.
"Cancer research is in a serious crisis," said Doctor Robert Ozols, chairman of the Communication Committee at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which opened its 43rd annual meeting here Friday.
The forum, which will continue until June 5, has brought together more than 25,000 researchers.
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Other ASCO officials and representatives of the scientific community, including National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber, called on Congress to increase the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by about seven percent as early as next year and beyond.
The NIH is the biggest public medical research organization in the world.
In recent decades, significant US federal funds have allowed researchers to make ...
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