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Abolish chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as a threat to the life and health of patients by accelerating CLL research.

To ensure full access to timely, appropriate cancer care for low-income, medically and socially underserved women with cancer.

Shanti Project exists to enhance the health, quality of life and well-being of people with terminal, life-threatening or disabling illnesses or conditions. Through a continuum of services, including in-home and onsite patient and care navigation, emotional and practical support and preserving the human-animal bond, Shanti strives to achieve the highest medical and quality of life outcomes for San Francisco’s most vulnerable.

Recent research has proven the benefits of exercise for people who are undergoing or have undergone cancer treatment. Team Survivor aims to make regular exercise a fun, convenient and supportive experience for all women affected by cancer. Our group exercise programs are designed to accommodate women of all fitness and experience levels - some of our participants are exercising for the first time in their life, others are longtime athletes working to regain their strength following their cancer treatment. All of our participants support one another in their healing journeys.

Created in 1998 by Lynne Cohen's three daughters, the mission of the Foundation is to support and enable collaborative, multi-institutional research combating ovarian cancer through prevention and early detection. The Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research is a national nonprofit organization uniquely positioned to fight ovarian cancer. A network of preventive care clinics, a consortium of researchers from prestigious cancer centers around the country, and a national registry of high-risk patients from geographically diverse communities comprise the core of our direct efforts. From this multi-institutional research platform, we seek to increase survival rates for women with ovarian cancer by supporting research for the prevention and early detection of the disease.

Targeted donor recruitment for blood cancer patients in need of a life saving marrow/stem cell transplant. We specifically represent those with diverse ethnicity and or complex DNA who are woefully underrepresented in existing international donor registries. We do so with digital execution, that is globally reaching and genetically precise.

Brent’s Place helps those living with cancer by providing housing and programs through partnerships in our community.

Casa Esperanza New Mexico’s House of Hope providing a “Home Away from Home” for families facing cancer and other serious medical illnesses.

Asian American Donor Program (AADP) is dedicated to increasing the availability of potential stem cells donors for patients with life threatening diseases curable by a stem cell transplant.

To give financial and volunteer support to the obstetrics and gynecology departments at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, California

Since 1981, the John Wayne name has been committed by the Wayne family to groundbreaking cancer research and education in memory of their father who died of cancer. The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center is a cancer research institute dedicated to the understanding and curing of cancer in order to eliminate patient suffering worldwide. Our mission is accomplished through innovative clinical and laboratory research and the education of the next generation of surgical oncologists and scientists. In fulfilling its mission, the John Wayne Cancer Institute: * Conducts innovative research focusing on biological mechanisms to provide new understandings of the cause, diagnosis, control, and cure of cancer. * Provides training for new generations of surgical scientists who study and treat cancer. * Offers unique experimental treatment services to rapidly develop and test new forms of diagnosis and therapy in order to improve the quality of life and expected survival of those afflicted with cancer. The Institute has received worldwide acclaim for advances in melanoma (skin cancer), breast and colon cancer as well as immune therapy of cancer. Other areas of research include prostate and liver cancer. At JWCI, the close relationship between research and clinical care, combined with the multidisciplinary expertise of our specialists, produces the best science, the best medicine, and the greatest hope for our patients.

The American Melanoma Foundation is dedicated to educating the public on melanoma prevention and the importance of taking protective measures to guard against excessive sun exposure, especially among children and young people. In addition, AMF is committed to funding research for the development of treatments for melanoma and providing support to melanoma patients and their families.