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Two cancer research facilities in Florida will lose their funding next year unless legislators act.

The American Cancer Society joined with patients and survivors today at the Capitol to fight to save the programs. Mary Edith Thomas was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago. She survived. Mary says if the programs go away fewer people will be able to share her success story.

“Our ultimate goal is to make cancer a thing of the past. I look forward to future generations saying to me ‘what was that thing called cancer,’” said Mary.

A House and Senate bill would give 50 million dollars to the research programs each year. The money would come from the dollar-a-pack cigarette tax enacted last year.