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The New York Times reports that "President Trump proposed chopping funding at the National Cancer Institute by more than $2.7 billion, nearly a 40 percent decrease." It's part of a significant cut to the National Institutes of Health.
Our guests work in cancer research and treatment. They discuss the possible impact of this news, as well as the state of cancer care.
In studio:
- Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., MMSc, director of Wilmot Cancer Institute
- Charles Kamen, Ph.D., MPH, associate director for community outreach and engagement at Wilmot Cancer Institute and associate professor in the Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center
- Emily Hayes, MPA, program manager for community outreach and engagement at Wilmot Cancer Institute