Health & Fitness
Philadelphia Cancer Survivors, Doctors Call On Congress To Protect Research Funding Cuts
"These cares are not just numbers in a budget," Lynne Alston, breast cancer survivor, said. "A clinical trial gave me a future."
August 27, 2025
Cancer survivors, doctors and advocates turned out Tuesday at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to fight for medical research, calling on Congress to protect funding for cancer research that President Trump wants to reduce. Doctors say lives are at stake.
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In the shadow of Independence Hall, the symbol of liberty and American advancement, cancer survivors and advocates are fighting to save medical research from Mr. Trump's proposed cutbacks.
"I am literally afraid that I may be coming to the end of my survivorship journey," Michael Hu said.
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