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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.

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.

Biography of Carl Lockrem, Director of Philanthropy

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

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

Biography of Erica Borowski, Director, Estate and Gift Planning for the American Cancer Society.

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.

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.

Weiguo Cui, PhD, an American Cancer Society grantee from the Medical College of Wisconsin is studying immunotherapy for melanoma, using cell therapy.

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.

With new American Cancer Society funding from a Mission Boost Grant, Pamela K. Kreeger, PhD, is studying a drug called maraviroc (sold under the brand name Selzentry) , which is used to treat certain types of HIV by targeting one of the proteins also found in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) in mice.

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

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 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.

Dana Hamilton, Sr. Director, Major Gifts