Cancer Treatment / pharmaceutical / tissue bank / health insurance / patient network / /
MedicalCondition
Lung Health Advancements Diseases / TB / COPD / chest pain / little-understood disease / bronchitis / pulmonary / critical care / lymphangioleiomyomatosis / latent and active TB / lung disease / Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension / Lung Cancer Lung cancer / lung cancers / U.S. Lung cancer / asthma / percent lower lung cancer / pulmonary arteries / cancers / cancer / disease / rare / fatal lung disease / respiratory failure / shortness of breath / emphysema / active TB / future active TB / pulmonary smooth muscle cells / several pulmonary vascular disease / pulmonary hypertension / latent TB infection / active disease / lung cancer / diseases / early stage cancers / form cysts / respiratory disease / infectious disease / Tuberculosis / LAM (lymphangioleiomyomatosis) Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / focused on detecting lung cancer / /
Organization
National Cancer Institute / Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis / National Institute of Health / Blood Institute / Division of TB Elimination / National Heart / Lung and Blood Institute / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / LAM Foundation / American Thoracic Society / Congress / U.S. Preventive Services Task Force / FDA / Intramural Division / /
Person
Sue Byrnes / Francis McCormack / Harold Varmus / / /
Position
Scientific Director / major scientific breakthroughs / leader / Director / /
STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FISCAL YEAR 2015 DRIVING INNOVATION THROUGH FEDERAL INVESTMENTS APRIL 24, 2014 CONTACT: Nuala Moore