Pancreatic cancer claims more lives in the US than breast cancer liver cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, lymphoma or leukemia, and it is poised to overtake colon cancer in the next year. It should be on everyone?s radar. It?s definitely on mine. My dad has been battling pancreatic cancer for the past two years and I just lost my mom to it in May.
I will be participating in the LA Cancer Challenge 5K in honor of my parents and with a heavy heart. The LA Cancer Challenge is hosted by the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and the proceeds of this event fund the foundation?s seed grant program. These seed grants ($75,000 each) allow pancreatic cancer researchers with innovative ideas to pursue those ideas and conduct desperately-needed research. We can?t compete with the massive survivor networks that other cancers produce but we can do this.
If you would like to join me, please do, but please contribute to the cause. You can register and donate on the links above.
