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Congress is making final budget decisions that could determine the future of cancer surveillance in the US.
Take action: Tell Congress now to preserve CDC cancer surveillance funding. It’s helpful if you can add a sentence about how this affects your patients or your lab.
What’s happening: A 2026 budget plan proposes eliminating the CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. This program funds and coordinates cancer surveillance nationwide.
- Losing this capacity would undermine data collection, screening, and prevention, and could pause other cancer-related programs or furlough staff.
Current status: The Senate has recommended funding, but the final outcome will be decided in upcoming negotiations. Lawmakers are listening now—your voice can help determine what happens.