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Cancer is the number one disease killer of children, and brain tumors are the leading cause of death from cancer in children. Yet, almost nothing is known about what causes brain tumors in children and the few risk factors that have been identified explain only a small fraction of all cases. As a whole, children diagnosed with malignant brain tumors have only a 60 percent survival rate, and for many tumor types, much less than that. Most children who do survive have long-term health problems and disabilities due to the invasiveness of brain tumors, surgeries, and treatment. The cure rates for many pediatric brain tumors haven't improved in 20 years.
environmental exposures
nutrition (what kinds of food, how many calories, etc.)
genetics (parents and child), epigenetics (what turns genes off or on)
blood taken at birth (has the child's DNA changed since birth)
type of brain tumor (pilocytic astrocytoma, ependymoma, etc.)
region where the child lives in comparison to other regions
It's important to let our Senators and Representatives know when they have supported legislation that's important to us. It can be the voice of a few that convinces them to get on board, but it's the voice of many that confirms it was important to their constituents.
If you are a constituent and would like to thank the bill's sponsors in the Senate (Schumer or Vitter), click here for an e-mail/call outline. To thank our House sponsors (Barbara Lee and Rob Bishop), click here for an e-mail/call outline.
Co-sponsors of the bill so far include:
Senate (S.1052):
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) 5/25/2011
Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) 7/14/2011
*To thank your Senator for his/her support, click here.
House of Representatives (H.R.1970):
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) 5/25/2011
Rep. Corrine Brown (FL-3) 5/25/2011
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) 6/1/2011
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) 6/1/2011
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) 6/2/2011
Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-21) 6/13/2011
Rep. James McGovern (MA-3) 6/13/2011
Rep. Janice Schakowsky (IL-9) 6/21/2011
Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-12) 6/21/2011
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) 7/6/2011
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-2) 7/18/2011
*To thank your Representative for his/her support, click here.
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