Results for "Wisconsin"
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29-Year Pancreatic Cancer Survivor: ‘I’m just a regular guy.’
When John Christman’s doctors diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer in 1989, he was what he calls “just a regular guy.” Today Christman is 62, recently retired, and looking forward to a long, fun life with his grandchildren. -
3-Time Cancer Survivor Finds Comfort at Hope Lodge
Cervical and breast cancer survivor Christine E. Sprecher needed treatment for a long-term side effect but had no place to stay until she found the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge program. -
Carl Lockrem Bio
Biography of Carl Lockrem, Director of Philanthropy -
Current grants by state
Find American Cancer Society research grants and health professional training grants by state. -
Dana Hamilton
Dana Hamilton, Sr. Director, Major Gifts -
David Benson
Biography of David Benson, Executive Vice President of the American Cancer Society's North Region. -
Erica Borowski
Biography of Erica Borowski, Director, Estate and Gift Planning for the American Cancer Society. -
Helping Cancer Researchers Jump the Last Hurdles Before Clinical Trials
The American Cancer Society Mission Boost grant helps rescue science that sometimes falls into the valley of death, where promising research comes to an abrupt end because it otherwise can’t get the funding it needs to cross the bridge between discovery and helping patients. Read about 4 of the cancer researchers who are using Mission Boost grants today. -
Ovarian Cancer Research Highlights
The American Cancer Society is deeply committed to finding new answers that will help every woman affected by cancer. Here are examples of the latest ovarian cancer research that our staff researchers conduct and that we fund through research grants. -
Ovarian Cancer Survivor Finds Hope in Clinical Trial
Irene Rathermel Bravely Faced IP Therapy -
Skin Cancer Research Highlights
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. See examples of how the American Cancer Society conducts and funds research to help prevent, find, diagnose, treat, and live with skin cancers. -
Wisconsin
The American Cancer Society's local resources, programs, and events help those going through cancer in Wisconsin. -
X American Cancer Society Hope Lodge - Marshfield, WI
The American Cancer Society in Marshfield, WI serves as a home away from home, free of charge, for adult cancer patients and their caregiver. Hope Lodge, a non-medical facility, offers a sense of community and comfort to cancer patients who must travel to Marshfield to receive lifesaving cancer treatment, typically not available in their home community. During the often long and emotional process of treatment, cancer patients receive support at Hope Lodge from professionals, families, friends, and other cancer patients to help build the hope needed during their cancer journey. -
X Marshfield, WI
The American Cancer Society in Marshfield, WI serves as a home away from home, free of charge, for adult cancer patients and their caregiver. Hope Lodge, a non-medical facility, offers a sense of community and comfort to cancer patients who must travel to Marshfield to receive lifesaving cancer treatment, typically not available in their home community. During the often long and emotional process of treatment, cancer patients receive support at Hope Lodge from professionals, families, friends, and other cancer patients to help build the hope needed during their cancer journey.
The American Cancer Society offers local programs, services, and events.