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Unite and Fight Cancer.Cancer affects all Texans. This year alone, more than 95,000 Texans will be diagnosed with cancer, and more than 37,000 Texans will lose their lives to the disease. More than 650,000 Texans have a history of cancer. Nearly 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women in Texas will develop cancer during their lifetime. Cancer costs Texans $30 billion a year in direct and indirect costs. Texas holds the cure. At a time when federal funding for cancer research is being reduced, states must do more to invest in cancer research – and Texas will the lead the way. Prop 15 is a constitutional amendment that will establish the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to:
Prop 15 will authorize up to $3 billion in state general revenue bonds to fund cancer research, prevention, early detection and control programs. This type of commitment of resources led to the virtual eradication of polio in the 20th century, and it can be successful against cancer in this century. Read Prop 15 Campaign Stories
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