Dear Editor,
As a cancer survivor, I know how important cancer research is to finding a cure for a disease that touches so many. In 2014, over 9,000 Mainers will hear the words “you have cancer” and more than 3,000 Mainers will die from cancer. That is too many lives lost to this disease; lives that could be saved if we had adequate funding for research projects.
Too often, promising research that would save lives is left in test tubes due to lack of funding. On November 4, Mainers have the choice to fund cancer research here at home. Ballot Question 4 will give us the opportunity to build a state of the art research facility that will focus on genomic research. It will also help fund the research that facility will perform, and in doing so, help save lives.
On November 4, I will be voting “yes” on Question 4 and I ask you to do the same. Together, we can ensure that a lifesaving treatment for cancer isn’t left in a test tube.
Karin Howe
Caribou, ME
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Volunteer
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.