Federal Funding Cuts Hit Cancer Research

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Clinicians and scientists are sounding alarms as the Trump administration slashes budgets at federal health agencies, including the NIH, which is the largest funder of cancer research in the world. We talk about the costs of the cuts, which researchers say could set back progress on treatments and cures by decades and jeopardize patients with advanced forms of cancer who rely on experimental clinical trials. Guests: Angus Chen, cancer reporter, STAT News Dr. Adil Daud, oncologist and melanoma specialist, UCSF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.1	Coming up on forum, across the country, cancer patients are hearing the unthinkable.
1:12.9	Their clinical trials canceled.
1:14.9	Their doctors out of funding.
1:17.1	Their hope on hold.
1:18.8	We dive into the fallout from sweeping federal cuts to cancer research.
1:23.2	Why are crucial funds for life-saving research suddenly disappearing?
1:27.4	And what does it mean for the future of medicine?
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