Mrs. Clinton urged event attendees to contact their U.S. Congressmen to ask for passage of a House appropriations bill that would provide the largest-ever funding award for cancer research. The real hard work depends on physicians and researchers. We are at a breakthrough point of learning so much more about cancer. My husband was a gifted man. His was a life cut short.
Every life is precious.
During the series, Dr. Levin and other prominent colorectal specialists spoke out about the disease in broadcast interviews with Couric. Actress Barbara Barrie, in attendance at the event, was acknowledged for her courage in surviving colorectal cancer. Up until last year, this was a taboo subject. Federal legislators, physicians, colorectal cancer survivors and media personalities attended the event that launched a national colorectal cancer awareness campaign. The event received national media attention, with coverage from 45 television stations nationwide spanning all four networks, live coverage on CNN, and nationwide newspaper and radio stations.