The March 15 continuing resolution has gutted the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. The program’s funding was cut by 57%, compared to Fiscal Year 2024 levels—from $1.5 billion to $650 million.
Look at where our understanding of cancer was two, five, 10, 15, 20, or more years ago and then consider what has happened over the past two decades. We finally realized how more complex the problem of cancer is—more than any of us imagined.
