Stand Up To Cancer
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Blog about the cancer stories, community updates, and latest science announcements. Stand Up To Cancer funds the newest and most promising cancer treatments to help patients.
Stand Up To Cancer
1y ago
As co-founders of Stand Up To Cancer, we are well accustomed to expressing concern for those who are diagnosed with cancer. But when it happens to one of us, it gets very personal. We received the recent news of Katie Couric’s breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment first with concern, then with hope, and finally ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
2y ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused incomprehensible suffering and loss of life in the last few years. But if there’s a silver lining in this ongoing tragedy, it may be how the rapid discovery and implementation of the highly effective COVID-19 vaccine is fueling the momentum and continued research of similar personalized Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
Stand Up To Cancer employee, Frederick Johnson, shares his story, his experience undergoing a routine colonoscopy in the midst of COVID-19, and the importance of recommended screenings for this disease. Colorectal cancer, which occurs in the colon or rectum, is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US in men and women ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
“After all the time I’ve spent facing cancer, I feel like I’m an expert at social distancing. I understand why it’s so important.” – Vanessa Delle Monache, a two-time cancer survivor from Ontario ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
“I’m taking things I learned facing cancer to help support others who are struggling right now.” – Katherine Stuart, currently in treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
“The challenge for me as a cancer patient, is that my husband is a frontline healthcare worker.” – Michelle Mallin, currently in treatment for a rare metastatic sarcoma ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
“Now is the time everyone should be willing to accept help if it means keeping yourself safe.” – Ghecemy Lopez, two-time cancer survivor ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
“Knowing that Dom has already faced colon cancer makes me wary of how being exposed to COVID-19 could impact his health.” – Catherine Mazzullo, Wife and Caregiver ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is deeply saddened by the recent events in this country and we stand in solidarity with the countless Americans who are bravely and peacefully standing up to longstanding and pervasive racial inequality ..read more
Stand Up To Cancer
3y ago
When Elizabeth White’s mother passed away from ovarian cancer in 2006, it changed the entire course of her young life ..read more