New Mesothelioma Treatment Research funds raised possible SU2C telethon

Once again, the major television networks will simultaneously broadcast the star-studded Stand Up 2 Cancer (SU2C) Telethon to raise funds for the fight against cancer. First televised in 2008, the goal of the fundraising appeal is to “build continuing public support and donations for cutting-edge cancer research that translates at a rapid pace from the laboratory to treatments and technologies that benefit patients.”

Get new therapies in the laboratory to the bedside is doctors and their patients as soon as possible for the survival of patients, including patients with mesothelioma, where it can improve ongoing research into new therapies for deadly cancers. If a grant is awarded, show the research team three years in order to benefit the patients of their project.

100% of the collected funds go directly to grants to support research for cancer. be the movement of tumor cells (CTC) Chip 'Dream Team', one of the Dream Team in 2008 raised some of the more than 100 million U.S. dollars financed a chip that enables physicians fingerprints DNA of the patient's cancer cells, is developed.
This finding supports the use of specific treatments tailored to patients with cancer. As the popularity of the achievements of individual treatment can benefit mesothelioma patients with symptoms of the disease, and thus the required treatment can be very different patients.

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused primarily by exposure to asbestos fibers into the air. It is often described as the asbestos cancer, Mesothelioma is very aggressive and resistant to many treatments for cancer. There are currently no known cure for mesothelioma, and the average survival time is between 4 掳 C 18 months after diagnosis.


Evening News anchor Katie Couric (CBS Evening News) Diane Sawyer (ABC World News Tonight), and Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News) is the event. The show airs at 8 clock ET / PT Friday, September 10, 2010 on ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Discovery Health, E!, MLB Network and the Style Network.