Cancer bus draws people, signatures

The American Cancer Society’s Fight Back Express rolled into Bellevue Friday morning, attracting a number of people who signed their names to the bus.

August 26, 2008 1:53 pm
Cancer survivor Elaine Montgomery signs the Fight Back Express as part of the American Cancer Society’s effort to get public officials involved in providing money to fight the disease.
Cancer survivor Elaine Montgomery signs the Fight Back Express as part of the American Cancer Society’s effort to get public officials involved in providing money to fight the disease.

The American Cancer Society’s Fight Back Express rolled into Bellevue Friday morning, attracting a number of people who signed their names to the bus.

The society is sponsoring the 6-month bus tour to highlight the role elected officials play in supporting laws and policies that help people fight cancer.

Cancer will kill an estimated 565,650 people in America this year.

The Fight Back Express kicked off in Ohio in early May and will travel across the 48 continental United States through Election Day, Nov. 4. The visit in Bellevue was at Overlake Hospital Medical Center.