Today is World Cancer Day, and the 3rd anniversary of my diagnosis. It's a day when I think of my own journey, and keep in my thoughts all those who have new diagnoses, are in active treatment, or have entered hospice.
This year as I post, I think of the fact that federally funded cancer research has suffered a devastating blow. After a two week blackout starts to lift and grant reviews slowly resume, the NIH is still prohibited from starting new research projects on its campus and recruiting participants for clinical trials. Current projects have suffered and new grants have been delayed.
Three of my chemo drugs were the result of new research targeting my more aggressive form of breast cancer (Her2+). Advances are also being made in treating the most aggressive form (triple negative). This research is saving and extending lives. This delay is costing them.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5277159/trumps-efforts-to-remake-government-harming-research-at-the-nih-employees-say
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