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The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of American Cancer Institutes, and Friends of Cancer Research recognized Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) for their outstanding commitment to cancer research and leadership in funding for biomedical science.

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ASCO, along with the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of American Cancer Institutes and Friends of Cancer Research, is holding an advocacy day on Capitol Hill this week to advocate for sustained funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

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One Voice Against Cancer, a coalition of public interest groups—including ASCO—representing millions of cancer researchers, physicians, pa...

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This afternoon, President Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014. Among several cost-cutting measures designed to preserve Medicare solvency is a proposal to reduce reimbursement for life-sustaining cancer drugs. Currently, reimbursement to physicians for “Part B” drugs is based on the average sales price plus a 6 percent payment for services needed to administer chemotherapy in physicians’ offices, where most cancer patients receive their care. The President has proposed to reduce the 6 percent service payment to 3 percent. (The budget proposal appears to apply cuts primarily to physicians, but also mentions rebates that will be required by manufacturers.)

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The Senate passed by voice vote on March 23 the Durbin/Moran/Mikulski/Cardin amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution, which would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a framework for growth of the NIH budget over the next decade.

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ASCO and more than 150 other national organizations and institutions are supporting The Rally for Medical Research, on April 8 in Washington, D.C. The event will call on policymakers to make life-saving medical research funding a national priority.

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The House today passed a stopgap federal spending bill, now on its way to the White House for signing, to prevent a government shutdown next week. The measure includes an additional $71 million for the National Institutes of Health as well as an additional $10 million for the National Cancer Institute. It also includes an additional $74 million for the Food and Drug Administration.

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In written testimony to Congress on March 15, ASCO President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, urged legislators to support a “strong, stable federal investment” in cancer research to continue the progress being made in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment.

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