LIVESTRONG Day!

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A letter from Lance Armstrong:

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Today (5/16) is LIVESTRONG Day and the Lance Armstrong Foundation will announce The Cancer Screening, Treatment and Survivorship Act of 2007. It is a bold step toward applying what we already know in order to save hundreds of thousands of lives.

We need your voice as we take this step to make cancer a national priority. Two hundred advocates will be visiting Capitol Hill, thousands will be participating in local LIVESTRONG Day events--even the Empire State Building is going yellow! Unite with us tomorrow by sending a letter to your elected officials.

We know that 1/3 of all cancer deaths could be prevented by screening, prevention and early detection. The Cancer Screening, Treatment and Survivorship Act of 2007 will make sure screenings are made available earlier and that more research is being done to develop screenings for other types of cancer.

Applying what we know is only half the battle. People die every day from terminal cancers such as lung and pancreatic cancer -- but very little is known about how to detect and treat those diseases early enough to decrease mortality. For these people, research is the answer. So we're calling for targeted research towards cancers for which there is currently no recommended screening.

In 1971, there were three million cancer survivors. Now there are more than 10.5 million of us. We're making great strides in the fight against cancer, but now is not the time to rest.

Today is LIVESTRONG Day -- take a stand today and tell your elected officials to support The Cancer Screening, Treatment and Survivorship Act of 2007.

>>Take a stand today:
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gsJWK6OKIlLQJ9J&s=asIOI0PILkJXL7PFJoH&m=kuKUJ2OJIjI9G

LIVESTRONG,
Lance Armstrong

This post is done in memory of one-of-our-own: Ben Hill (a victim of skin cancer) who many of us old timers will remember as a great guy who always helped all his fellow cyclists out on our club rides. He will always be remembered.