From: pcaroundtable-bounces@malecare.com [mailto:pcaroundtable-bounces@malecare.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Johnson
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:14 PM
To: PCa Roundtable
Subject: [Pcaroundtable] Approps - further analysis
Here is a little more information from an email I sent to my board this morning:
I just wanted to let you know that contained within the funding package that the House and Senate should pass tonight is $80 million for the Prostate Cancer Research Program at DOD. The PCRP was the only non-combat related stand alone program that maintained level funding from last year. The Medical Research Program which is a pot of money used to fund several smaller research programs was also level funded (at $50 million respectively).
Only 3 programs received increased funding over last year's funding level – Traumatic Brain Injury research, Orthopedic research and Gulf War Illness research.
All other programs were cut by 20% including Breast Cancer Research and Ovarian Cancer Research which are generally seen along with the PCRP as the main programs of the CDRMP because they've been around the longest.
Let me know if you have any questions.Kevin
Kevin S. Johnson
Sr. Vice President, Government Relations & Advocacy
ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer
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