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Article: Lung Cancer Alliance Hails Massachusetts State Senator for Taking Lead on Lung Cancer.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- January 27, 2009
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Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) hailed Senator Susan Fargo (D-3rd Middlesex), the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, for once again introducing comprehensive legislation that creates a trust fund for lung cancer research (see also Lung Cancer).
"Now is the time for positive change for lung cancer in Massachusetts," said Joanne O'Connor, LCA-Massachusetts (LCA-MA) Co-chair. "On behalf of those touched by lung cancer in Massachusetts, we thank Senator Fargo for her continued leadership in addressing the critical need for increased lung cancer research."
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths nationally and in Massachusetts. ...