Myth: My Senators and Members of Congress have no role in what happens in breast cancer

FALSE. Breast cancer is a political issue. Congress and the Administration make important funding and policy decisions in breast cancer detection, prevention, treatment and care.

The government is the only body with access to the amount of money needed to perform the appropriate breast cancer research, and explore cause and effect relationships that could lead to breast cancer prevention and a cure. Sustained and significant involvement, on the federal level, is the only way to end breast cancer

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10 pieces help solve cancer puzzle

I’ve had a couple of opportunities to speak with Dr. Mendelsohn, president of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas during my days as a breast cancer patient there.

Like all the people at MDACC, Dr. Mendelsohn is an amazing person and passionately dedicated to curing cancer once and for all. This article is a wonderful primer on just what you need to know about cancer, and how to prevent it. Another important point: to cure cancer we need great doctors, researchers and technicians. That requires a good education and a solid background in mathematics and sciences in our schools.

If you think that because your children or grandchildren are grown and gone - and therefore you don’t need to worry about paying for education in your community - what about the kid that might excel at math and science to become the doctor that puts your cancer into remission and perhaps cures it ( See item #5 below).

Is that worth the price? I was for me and still is.

Read what he has to say:

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