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Our most precious resource is time. Mark had stage one pancreatic cancer, diagnosed in 2008. Thanks to the great medical staff at UCLA, he had eleven healthy, cancer-free years following a complete pancreatectomy, ironically dying later in a freak accident. Those eleven years were filled with major milestones. He saw his son graduate from college, start a career, fall in love, and marry. He saw his daughter graduate from high school and college and enter medical school and a PhD program with the end goal of following in his footsteps as a research scientist. He saw her fall in love with her future husband. He retired, learned gourmet cooking, and fulfilled a dream of seeing Machu Picchu. He went fly fishing on the Colorado River and filled countless hours hiking trails with his wife. 

Without the excellent support provided by the Hirshberg Foundation and the staff at UCLA, his life would have been tragically altered. Those eleven years meant everything to our family. Now, nearly 20 years after Mark's cancer was diagnosed, scientists are closer to a cure for pancreatic cancer. The Hirshberg Foundation has provided a multitude of resources and given hope to pancreatic cancer patients and their families. Please donate toward a cure for this devastating disease