Armstrong reappointed to cancer panel

US President George Bush intends to reappoint seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong to the President's Cancer Panel, according to the Associated Press. Armstrong finished serving a term on the three-member panel, which monitors cancer research, on February 20 of this year.

His reappointment would be for a three-year term to run to February 20, 2008 and with his two co-members Armstrong would provide periodic reports to the president on issues surrounding cancer research, incidence and care.

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