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A Message from Melany Duval
When Dr. Sidney Farber achieved the first remissions in childhood leukemia in 1947, he changed everything.
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The Dana-Farber Campaign
One way our supporters accelerate campaign efforts is by including Dana-Farber in their estate plans.
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Changing the trajectory of multiple myeloma and access to care
When Joan Suzanne Tomsich was just 48 years old, she thought her life was over. A diagnosis of multiple myeloma led her to thoughts like, “Will I be around to see my kids graduate or witness them getting married?”
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Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge accelerates basic cancer research
Around mile 20 of the 2023 Boston Marathon,® Leah Meehan was in pain from a knee injury and struggling to keep pace. Out of nowhere, a bystander ran up to her with a bowl of bananas and said, “Take one of these. It will help you.”
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society attacks rare and resistant blood cancers
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has awarded six grants totaling $5.8 million to Dana-Farber investigators.
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Creating community for adolescent and young adult patients
Each day, nearly 50 adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients—those between the ages of 15 and 39—come to Dana-Farber for treatment, but many never connect with one another because they wait for appointments on different floors.
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Dana-Farber Society Dinner
On May 24, more than 200 guests gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston for the annual Dana-Farber Society Dinner.
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Deitch gift targets early diagnosis and prevention
When Joseph Deitch met Mother Teresa during a business trip to India two decades ago, something she said then really struck him. “If you have money, don’t let it sit in the bank and do nothing,” she told him and his associates. “Put it to work.”
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Lifelong connections yield real progress in pediatric neuro-oncology
Sometimes only a few degrees of separation stand between strangers and a lifelong friendship—and changing the world for the better.
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Damon Runyon supports bold research by emerging talent
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has awarded $1.22 million in grants to four early career investigators at Dana-Farber whose research has the potential to yield important breakthroughs in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Please note that some translations using Google Translate may not be accurately represented and downloaded documents cannot be translated. Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund assume no liability for inaccuracies that may result from using this third-party tool, which is for website translation.