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The
founder of Fund A Cure for Pancreatic Cancer, Robert Ciervo, had a
guest opinion
printed in the Bucks County Courier Times (PA) concerning the lack of
funding for pancreatic cancer research.
Bucks County Courier Times, Monday June 2, 2008
A
letter
from Fund A Cure for Pancreatic Cancer Secretary Delores Horohov urging more funding for pancreatic cancer research
was printed in the
Bucks County Courier Times, Wednesday June 18, 2008.
A
letter
from Fund A Cure for Pancreatic Cancer Vice Chairman
Gail Szigeti about the passing of Dr. Randy Pausch was printed in the
Philadelphia Daily News, Saturday,
August 2, 2008.
A
letter
from Delores Horohov noting that November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Month was printed in the
Bucks County Courier Times,
Our ad in the
Philadelphia Inquirer
printed on November 14, 2008
about Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Press Releases
July 11, 2008 press release announcing the launching of the Fund A
Cure website sent to national and local media.
July 25, 2008 press release statement on the passing of
Carnegie-Mellon professor and The Last Lecture author Dr. Randy Pausch.
May 10, 2009 statement on
the passing of NBA "Dream Team" Coach Chuck Daly.
May 22, 2009 press
release about the Run Over Cancer 5K to be held July 4, 2009.
September 15, 2009 press release on the passing of Patrick Swayze
September 17, 2009 press release on the passing of NCAA President
Myles Brand
October 26, 2009 press release on donation of $10,000 to Jefferson
University Hospital's Pancreatic Cancer Research Team
November 9, 2009 press release on delaying of funding to the Fox Chase
Cancer Center by the Pennsylvania State Legislature
Advocacy Letters
Letter dated
February 23, 2009 to National Cancer Institute Director Dr. John
Niederhuber asking him to use the
federal stimulus funds to dramatically increase research funding for
pancreatic cancer to the level of breast cancer and AIDS.
The response to Fund A Cure from Dr. Niederhuber can be found
here.
We will continue to implore that he personally devote more dollars towards
pancreatic cancer research.
Letter dated
June
16, 2008 to Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
urging him to advocate for more funding for Pancreatic Cancer research.
Senator Specter met with us
in November 2008 and will push for more funding for pancreatic cancer in
light of the statistics we gave him on funding discrepancies.
Letter dated
July 18, 2008 to Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE)
urging him in light of supporting sending $50 billion overseas to fight
disease in other countries to help increase funding for pancreatic cancer
research.
Letter dated
July
24, 2008 to
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) urging him as chair of
the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education and Related Agencies to dedicate specific funding for
pancreatic cancer research in the National Cancer Institute's yearly
appropriations.
Letter dated
July
25, 2008 to
Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) thanking him
for supporting HR Resolution that named November as Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness Month and asking him to work to increase funding levels for
research to $1 billion a year.
Congressman Murphy has met with us to discuss federal funding issues.
Letter dated
May 11, 2009
to Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) who is the
ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee urging him to
insist that the National Cancer Institute, which is funded through this
committee, spend significantly more of its nearly $5 billion allocation on
pancreatic cancer research. We
met with Sara Love Swaney of Senator Cochran's staff in late May 2009. | 
