Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is one of only a few centers that offer computer-assisted family history analysis. Men with a family history of prostate cancer that suggests they may be at increased genetic risk for developing the disease can be referred to our genetic counselors who will help further evaluate their risks. Your gift will ensure that our researchers and physicians continue to make new...

The Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was established in 1999 to complement mainstream medical care and address the emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients and families. The Service includes inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and education and training. In addition, the Service provides unique access to otherwise unavailable information about over-the-counter products and unproven cancer treatments and their impact in...

Today 10 million people in the U.S. are cancer survivors. In response to the increasing number of patients who are living beyond cancer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has established the Cancer Survivorship Initiative to institute a comprehensive program of services for cancer survivors and their families and to develop a survivorship research effort that will address issues vital to survivors nationwide.

Your gift will support the research of our physicians and scientists who continue to pioneer new medical treatments in breast cancer research such as immunotherapy, including vaccines and antibodies. Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s vaccine studies are designed to identify the best way to harness the body’s immune system to ward off recurrences. Our doctors have tested several monoclonal antibodies. They have so far demonstrated that this approach...

Your gift will support current research into new agents to treat lung cancer and prevent its recurrence. Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers are evaluating new drugs for lung cancer, including getifinib (Iressa). First tested at MSKCC, getitinib is one of a new class of drugs known as signal transduction inhibitors, which work by blocking the signal that make cancer cells grow and spread.

Your gift will enable Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to continue to be on the forefront of research into new colorectal chemotherapy drugs. Memorial Sloan-Kettering helped establish the efficacy of irinotecan, the first new drug for colorectal cancer in 40 years. In some patients, irinotecan has been found to shrink metastatic tumors when other treatments have failed.

Your contribution will allow us to help young adult patients make vital peer connections by ensuring that another young adult survivor will respond to the questions and fears posted daily on the PC website. By welcoming these patients to a community of young adults, our shared experience can empower them as they navigate this difficult new world.

Your gift will help us find and bring together young adults to provide each other with critical peer support, independent of their hospital, oncology practice or individual diagnosis. In a safe environment, they will be able to share experiences, thoughts and fears, and make connections to sustain them and help them move on with their lives, in or out of treatment.

Provide travel scholarships to send a young adult to a retreat or camp, where they will meet other young adults from around the country who face the same issues and concerns. They leave sustained by the new relationships they develop, and empowered by the feeling of being part of a young adult community and movement larger than themselves.

This gift will provide funding to projects in translational cancer research, which focuses on bringing promising new treatments to the patients who need them as quickly as possible. This is where the end of cancer begins.

Your gift will provide one Healthy Children Healthy Futures Tool Kit to teach children in one classroom to become advocates through their schools, families and communities for healthy eating and increased physical activity. The tool kit contains materials necessary for the implementation of the program at a school or community site, including a Facilitator Guide. Facilitators learn how to teach children to produce posters, radio...

Your gift will provide analysis of DNA gel samples. Agarose gel electrophoresis is the easiest and commonest way of separating and analyzing DNA. The purpose of the gel might be to look at the DNA, to quantify it or to isolate a particular band. The DNA is visualised in the gel by addition of ethidium bromide. This binds strongly to DNA by intercalating between the...

Your gift will send educational newsletters to 100 people. Two years ago, Strang developed a newsletter, Prevention that strives to educate the public on the latest in cancer prevention research, screening and healthy living. Each issue focuses on a particular type of cancer and discusses the latest research being conducted in the field and what impact this research will have in the future. It provides...

This gift will help BCRF provide $250,000 to one dedicated researcher hoping to find a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime.

Your donation will fund the production and distribution of guides that teach caregivers how to keep children and teens safe from cancer-causing UV rays. These educational guides will be distributed, free of charge, at health clinics, schools, through community wellness programs, and other programs and location. Your gift will help 400 parents and/or caregivers learn how to incorporate skin cancer prevention and sun protection in...

Your donation will fund the production and distribution of brochures and guides that help individuals and families identify the early warning signs of melanoma. These educational materials are distributed free of charge to medical clinics, health fairs, screenings, community wellness programs, senior citizen centers, schools, and more. With this gift you can help reach 500 people with lifesaving messages about melanoma prevention and early detection.

Your donation will help provide dermatology residents with free membership to The Skin Cancer Foundation. Your gift will provide one dermatology resident access to The Skin Cancer Foundation's patient education materials, journals, newsletters, and other resources provided to the organization's professional members throughout their entire residency. This gift will give residents the most effective educational tools to help their patients.

We will provide SunSmart Community packets to people who want to get involved in making their towns sun-safe. This gift will provide 5 community leaders SunSmart Community awareness packets which contain sample letters for getting sun-safety legislation enacted on a local and state level; information on shade structures and trees; how-to information on organizing a skin cancer screening; tips to incorporate sun protection in schools...