Here are some updates:
**I and other performers participated in the 58th Eagles Cancer Telethon on January 14th; the telethon raised over 830,000, a record breaker! "This money is used to help fund cancer research at the Mayo Clinic, Hormel Institute for Cancer Research and U of M Cancer Research. These institutes continue to work for discoveries leading to prevention or a cure for cancer."
**The LLS Updates include: "LLS drive research in particular areas where patients have desperate needs for more effective treatments, particularly patients with relapsed refectory myeloma.
LLS fund Dr. Carl June, M.D., who genetically engineered immune cells to be better cancer fighters, producing remissions for patients whom standard therapies never worked.
LLS create strategic partnerships with companies like Avila therapeutics to advance a new therapy showing great promise for patients with lymphoid cancers."
**The Arizona Myeloma Network Updates include: "October 22nd was the 7th Annual AzMN/UA Charity Golf Classic at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale. There were 225 golfers from the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, including local sponsors and golfers. It was our most successful fundraiser ever and we appreciate all who participated."
**The NCI Updates include: "Next month, we will begin our ninth year of publication. Since launching in 2004, we have published nearly 275 issues and over 3,800 cancer research news stories, all of which can be accessed through our archive/search page." (This quote is about the NCI Cancer Bulletin).