Minnesota Related Information

Breast cancer patient Makiko Fliss lives in Cranbury, NJ and has a cancer health care team and supportive family and friends.

Pancreatic cancer survivor Kellie Williams, 40, says fate brought her to Zumbrota, Minnesota, just 25 miles from Mayo Clinic, a year before her diagnosis.

Find American Cancer Society research grants and health professional training grants by state.

Dana Hamilton, Sr. Director, Major Gifts

Biography of David Benson, Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society's North Region.

Diana Tatili, Director, Major Gifts

Biography of Erin McGlynn, Director of Estate and Gift Planning, for the American Cancer Society.

Lisa Stein, Director of Major Gifts

Cancer treatment lodging assistance in Minneapolis.

The American Cancer Society's local resources, programs, and events help those going through cancer in Minnesota.

Ken Wood is looking forward to the day he can return to the American Cancer Society’s Minneapolis Hope Lodge community as a volunteer instead of a guest. “I love that place; it’s like therapy in a way,” said Ken.

The Sandra J. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge® in Rochester offers private suites for the comfort of its guests and their caregiver. Fostering a home-like environment, the Hope Lodge is equipped with a community dining room, kitchen, family room, library and laundry facilities. The Lodge also offers guests a wide variety of cancer programs and services that provide information, resources and support to ease the cancer journey.

We've known that mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are linked with an increased risk for breast cancer. Now we know 5 other genes associated with a high risk for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) thanks to a study by former American Cancer Society grant recipient, Fergus J. Couch, PhD. Knowing these genes can help doctors improve the screening process for women who have a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer. Identifying them also allows new treatments for TNBC to be tested.

The Richard M. Schulze Family American Cancer Society Hope Lodge offers lodging assistance in Minneapolis for those in Cancer treatment that must travel away from home.

Luke Soderling says the lessons he learned from facing the challenges of thyroid cancer helped him to survive 60 days in 6 different harsh locations in South America, on the Discovery Channel show, The Wheel.