Presidential Candidates Discuss Cancer
THEY NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE
Last week, seven presidential candidates participated in Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Forum, broadcast live on MSNBC and co-moderated by Lance Armstrong and Hardball anchor Chris Matthews, provided a platform for the candidates to discuss their commitment to making cancer research, prevention and treatment a national priority.
As many of you know, over the last four years, cancer research funding has fallen more than 10 percent in real dollars, forcing reductions in research grants and critical clinical trials. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society strongly supports increases in cancer research funding so that patients continue to benefit from new research, access to drugs and clinical trials.
Cancer and biomedical research must be a topic of great concern and discussion during the presidential campaign. We need your help to ensure that this vital issue receives the attention it deserves.
Please take a moment to send a letter of thanks or asking for support to one or all of the below listed presidential candidates. There are two examples of form letters that you may use in your message to the candidates.
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Read Newsweek’s commentary on the Forum.
CONTACT THOSE WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE
Please take a moment to contact the candidates who did NOT participate in the Cancer Forum to ask their position on cancer and biomedical research and remind them of the importance of this issue. Click on their name below.
Senator Joe Biden (D)
Senator Chris Dodd (D)
Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R)
Senator Mike Gravel (D)
Representative Duncan Hunter (R)
Senator John McCain (R)
Senator Barack Obama (D)
Representative Ron Paul (R)
Governor Mitt Romney (R)
Representative Tom Tancredo (R)
Sample letter to be used for those Candidates who DID NOT participate in Forum:
Dear _______________
As an American and a volunteer with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society I am deeply concerned about cancer and the toll it is taking on our families and friends.
Last week MSNBC and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong held a Presidential Cancer Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Forum, broadcast live on MSNBC and co-moderated by Lance Armstrong and Hardball anchor Chris Matthews, provided a platform for the candidates to discuss their commitment to making cancer research, prevention and treatment a national priority.
Over the last four years, cancer research funding has fallen more than 10 percent in real dollars, forcing reductions in research grants and important clinical trials, all of which is critical in improving the lives of cancer patients and families across the country.
I sincerely hope that you will make cancer research funding a national priority in your presidential campaign.
PLEASE THANK CANDIDATES WHO DID PARTICIPATE
To thank the presidential candidates who did participate in the Cancer Forum, click on their name below.
Sample letter to be used for those Candidates who DID participate in Forum:
Dear _______________
As an American and a volunteer with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I am deeply concerned about cancer and the toll it is taking on our families and friends.
Over the last four years, cancer research funding has fallen more than 10 percent in real dollars, forcing reductions in research grants and important clinical trials, all of which is critical in improving the lives of cancer patients and families across the country.
I want to thank you for taking the time to address this important issue last week at the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa . With your continued dedication to the fight against cancer we offer patients and their families hope that this dreadful disease can be conquered.
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