Press
"Darienites still 'hacking' away at cancer," by Lynsey Santimays, The Darien Times, Sept. 10, 2009
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Stand Up 2 Cancer.org: "SU2C funds will support research projects conducted by interdisciplinary, multi-institutional translational and clinical research "Dream Teams" and high-risk Innovative Research Grants from which ideas for new Dream Teams may arise. Grants management and expert review will be conducted via a nimble, rapid, flexible, and transparent process carried out by a "Blue Ribbon" Scientific Advisory Committee comprised of about 15 highly accomplished clinical investigators, senior laboratory researchers, and physician-scientists and 2 patient advocates."
LiveStrong.org: The Lance Armstrong Foundation's website, which notes that:
At the Lance Armstrong Foundation, we inspire and empower people affected by cancer.
We believe that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. Read our Manifesto.
We provide the practical information and tools people with cancer need to live life on their own terms.
We take aim at the gaps between what is known and what is done to prevent suffering and death due to cancer.
We unite people to fight cancer and pursue an agenda focused on:
- Prevention
- Access to screening and care
- Improvement of the quality of life for cancer survivors
- Investment in research
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Speech, Hearing and Rehabilitation Center: From its origins as the New York Cancer Hospital in 1884, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has continued to set the global standard of excellence in cancer treatment, research, and education. The primary goal of the Speech, Hearing and Rehabilitation Center, which was established in 1986, is to address the functions of speech, swallowing and hearing, not only as they relate to patients with head and neck cancer, but to all patients with dysfunction of these vital senses who suffer from cancer and are treated at Memorial.
The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital provides compassionate, patient-centered care from diagnosis through treatment to post-treatment care. The Center is also committed to prevention, education and the early detection of cancer. On average eight to twelve percent of cancer patients at The Bennett Cancer Center are enrolled in studies compared to an average of 3 percent at other similar institutions. The Center participates in more clinical trials than any other community hospital in the state. Patients are currently participating in 31 trials for cancers including melanoma, breast, and multiple myeloma. Patients who participate in trials have access to new treatments in addition to standard therapies giving them more tools to fight their disease.