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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions

person, among crowd of people outside, holds a sign that reads 'NIH research saves lives'
People protest cuts to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on 10 May. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

More patients may die as a result of plans drawn up by the Trump administration to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), veteran federal government workers and experts have warned.

Nearly $2.7bn would be cut from the agency, which is the largest funder of cancer research in the world – a decline of 37.2% from the previous year – under a budget proposal for 2026, in the latest effort to cut staff and funding.

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