2018 Relay for life

Page 4 2018 RELAY FOR LIFE MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JUNE 27, 2018 What your effort and contribution to Relay for Life accomplishes R elay for Life is one of the largest fundraising events for the American Cancer Society (ACS). It is in many communities. The ACS also receives support through galas, golf events, individual fundraisers, corporations and foundations and personal donations. The American Cancer Society (ACS, while a seemingly large organization, works hard for the most people affected by any kind of cancer. ACS is the largest non-governmental funder of cancer research in the U.S., investing more than $4.6 billion in research since 1946. The American Cancer Society is there for scientists at pivotal points in their career – to give them the support they need to keep great research going or to take their ideas from dream to reality. We are proud to have helped nearly 20,000 investigators make important advances in prevention, early detection, treatment, and care for those with cancer. Here are just 10 of the countless cancer advances ACS supported: 1. Uncovering a key way to stop tumors from growing. 2. Pioneering work in bone marrow transplants. 3. Furthering knowledge of genes linked to breast cancer. 4. Laying the groundwork for a new multiple myeloma treatment. 5. Finding a key driver of the blood cancer chronic myeloid leukemia. 6. Gaining insights that inspired researchers to investigate and confirm that tamoxifen can both treat and sometimes prevent breast cancer. 7. Investigating new approaches that would make possible the first targeted cancer therapy to receive FDA approval. 8. Performing studies that paved the way for the development of the breast cancer drug Herceptin. 9. Confirming the link between smoking and lung cancer. 10. Proving that obesity increases risk of premature death as well as establishing the link between obesity and death from certain types of cancer. Continued u