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Local group spurs cancer research funding

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Published 01/19/10

Dian Corneliussen-James' frustration about the lack of funding for her form of breast cancer led her to contact a researcher in Alabama, more than 800 miles away.


The Annapolis resident, who goes by the nickname CJ, was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer to the lung in 2006. "Metastatic" means cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body.

She recalled reading an article in Fortune magazine that said less than 1 percent of the National Cancer Fund money went toward the metastatic form. That led her to contact University of Alabama professor Danny Welch, who was doing his own research on the...

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