Armstrong urges Congress to renew the war on cancer
Cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is calling on Congress to renew the nation's war on cancer.
"It's time for our country to refocus and relaunch a comprehensive war on this disease," Armstrong told a Senate panel Thursday.
America's aging population and younger people who are less physically active than they should be make it more urgent than ever to find better ways to combat cancer, Armstrong said.
"This opponent is probably tougher than anything we'll ever face," he said.
Armstrong was diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain. But he recovered to win the world's premier cycling event from 1999 to 2005.
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