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Five-time "Tour de France" champion Lance Armstrong--and members of the Bristol-Myers Squibb "Tour of Hope"--recently made a special stop at the National Institutes of Health, to raise awareness of the importance of cancer research and participation in clinical trials. Speaking at a press briefing, Armstrong--a cancer survivor--related a story about a reunion of over 400 survivors of testicular cancer...

(ARMSTRONG):
"In the group, was a guy named John Cleland, who was the very first patient to ever be treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. He had failed three different other drugs--and, at some point, Doctor Larry Einhorn (NCI) said, 'why don't we try this platinum stuff?' And, the guy is still alive today--still runs marathons, still runs every day. If it wasn't for that stuff, and it wasn't for John [sic]--you know, his willingness to go on a clinical trial, and to pave the way, you know, really to be a pioneer--then we never would have had a kid from Texas on a bike that wins a bike race in France."

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Other cyclists participating in the "Tour of Hope's" 26-member squad are cancer survivors, caregivers, physicians, nurses, and researchers. To learn more about the "Tour", go to www.tourofhope.org. This is Calvin Jackson, the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.