TGen gets $25,000 for lung cancer research
New York’s The Lung Cancer Research Foundation will donate $25,000 for studies at the Translational Genomics Research Institute as a result of its first Strides for Life event in Arizona.
The 3-mile run-walk and children’s dash are modeled after the foundation’s longstanding event in New York. Because of its success, the foundation already has scheduled a second annual Arizona fundraiser at the same site, Tempe Arts Park, for April 10, 2011.
Laurie Carson, founder and president of the foundation, said she is thrilled with the 175 participants.
Her foundation provides funding nationally for lung cancer research. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, killing 1.3 million people each year. The problem, she said, is there is no practical way to screen for lung cancer.
As a result, nearly 75 percent of patients are diagnosed with advanced-stage disease, leaving few options for treatment payday advances.
The National Cancer Institute estimates that nearly 220,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed this year in the U.S., where more than 159,000 people will die from the disease.
Michael Bassoff, president of TGen Foundation, said the $25,000 immediately will be applied to support TGen’s lung cancer research.
“The gift from LCRF will support scientific research in an area that affects more cancer patients than any other type of cancer,” he said.
This $25,000 award follows a $75,000 award that LCRF gave TGen last year to conduct scientific investigations.
For more: www.lungfund.org and www.tgen.org.