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A resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

Introduced: September 7, 2006 See on congress.gov

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Sep 7, 2006

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9212; text as passed Senate: CR S9212; text of measure as introduced: CR S9193)

Sep 7, 2006

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9212; text as passed Senate: CR S9212; text of measure as introduced: CR S9193)

Sep 7, 2006

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Calls for Congress to support: (1) efforts to promote awareness of cancer in children; (2) investment in childhood cancer research; (3) medical trainees and investigators in the field of pediatric oncology; (4) incentives to encourage the development of drugs and biologics designed to treat pediatric cancers; (5) policies that encourage participation in clinical trials; (6) medical education curricula designed to improve pain management for cancer patients; and (7) enhanced education, services, and other resources related to late effects from treatment.

What's happening now September 7, 2006

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