HOUSTON (Oct. 16, 2007) —Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong enjoys a guided tour from Dr. James Hoyle (right), medical director of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, and Dr. Grace Butler, president of Hope Through Grace, a local cancer awareness organization. Armstrong visited Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s Main Campus to rally voters and cancer survivors to support Proposition 15 on Tuesday, Oct. 16, during a stop on his statewide bus tour.

Seven-time Tour de France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong and several policymakers and medical leaders recently collaborated to strike an unprecedented blow against cancer. Armstrong visited Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s Main Campus and rallied visitors to support Prop. 15, which would allocate $3 billion in state funds to cancer research.

Dr. Grace Butler (left), president of Hope Through Grace, a Houston-based cancer outreach non-profit organization, receives a hug from fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong during a visit to Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s Main Campus. Armstrong and several policymakers and medical leaders recently collaborated to strike an unprecedented blow against cancer. Armstrong and Butler urged visitors to support Prop. 15 during a brief visit to Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s Main Campus. Also pictured: Dr. James Hoyle, medical director, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic.

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About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston’s largest community-based physician group, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston’s famous Texas Medical Center. Kelsey-Seybold offers the services of more than 300 physicians in over 40 medical specialties. The Clinic’s 18 Houston-area locations offer convenience to patients close to home and work. Kelsey-Seybold has proudly served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1966 and today provides medical services on-site at both Johnson Space Center and Moscow. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is part of the St. Luke's Episcopal Health System.