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Man living with cancer goes door-to-door in effort to keep research going
Dr. Peter Bridgman seeks to reverse a 37% cut to National Cancer Institute funding by collecting signatures to urge lawmakers to restore critical cancer research support.
- Dr. Peter Bridgman, 72-year-old retired neurologist and multiple myeloma patient, is canvassing his Yarmouth neighborhood to collect signatures for fightcancer.org, planning to deliver them to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' Portland office on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
- Amid reported agency cuts, Dr. Peter Bridgman said NIH and the NCI expected small cuts like five or 10 percent, but they were floored by the 37 percent cut to the NCI from President Trump's budget.
- Neighbor John Auble said, `it's really touching,' about Bridgman's canvassing, while Bridgman says multiple myeloma is treatable and treatments keep him alive.
- Pushing lawmakers, American Cancer Society volunteers and Dr. Peter Bridgman will use petition signatures to urge funding restoration and await Congress reconvening.
- With cuts looming, Dr. Peter Bridgman warned it would take decades to rebuild U.S. cancer research capacity and fears researchers will relocate to the European Union and China.
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Man living with cancer goes door-to-door in effort to keep research going
Dr. Peter Bridgman, a retired neurologist who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2013, is asking neighbors to sign a petition calling for National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health funding to be restored to previous levels.
·Plattsburgh, United States
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