HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Proposal would cut cancer institute budget again

MJo · 02-01-2007, 01:03 PM

My oncologist is no flaming liberal, but his opinion is that the cancer research funds are part of cuts in social spending to fund the Iraq war and support our tax cuts (My refund wasn't much, frankly). Of course, the onc has a bias about cancer research. What an enormous saving in health care spending there would be if we found a cure for cancer.

02-01-2007, 01:03 PM	#9
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	My oncologist is no flaming liberal, but his opinion is that the cancer research funds are part of cuts in social spending to fund the Iraq war and support our tax cuts (My refund wasn't much, frankly). Of course, the onc has a bias about cancer research. What an enormous saving in health care spending there would be if we found a cure for cancer. __________________ MJO IDC, Stage I, Grade 2 Oncotype DX Score 32 Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg. Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins 3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4) 4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well) 36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score) 2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara Finished Femara May 2011