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Trump Vs. Cancer Research

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has proposed cutting $2.5 billion from the National Cancer Institute, which in addition to cuts to the National Institutes of Health and research universities almost makes you wonder: whose side is he on in the fight against cancer? 

Guest: Angus Chen, cancer reporter for STAT news


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0:00.0

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0:26.9

to saying that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. This episode is presented by eBay.

0:34.5

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0:54.4

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1:03.0

you can't help but say when it's eBay.

1:05.1

It excludes vehicles and business sellers.

1:17.1

I'm going to start this episode by telling a story about myself. It makes me a little uncomfortable. I was trained to keep the focus on other people. But here we go. Three days

1:26.3

before Christmas in 2023, I was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer. I was

1:32.5

48 with a three-year-old son. I'm not a smoker. I had no risk factors. My tumor was found

1:39.8

accidentally on an unrelated scan. I was stunned.

1:46.7

Honestly, I am still wrapping my head around it, and I'm part of a growing group of people,

1:52.7

mostly women and non-smokers, who are being diagnosed with lung cancer.

1:58.2

Last January, I had a successful surgery to remove the tumor and a chunk of my left

2:03.5

lung. Now I am on a drug. It's called tigrissau or osamertinib, and it targets a mutation on

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