Quotes from Organizations That We Support
“The Cancer League support for the Mobile Mammography Program at UCSF will help us to provide screening mammography for the underserved in communities that traditionally have low rates of screening. This will be the first digital mobile mammography system in the world! This is only possible with the generous support of people who understand how important early detection of breast cancer is. Thank you for your support!”
– Laura Esserman, M.D., MBA/Director, Carol Frank Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF
“The Breast Oncology Program of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center is extremely grateful for the support of The Cancer League, Inc. Their support has been a critical part of our efforts to identify genes that predict the outcome of cancer therapy and may themselves be the targets of future therapeutic approaches. We are gratified that the League has had the vision to support our program at different levels, from lab research through patient care and outreach – and I wish to stress our deep appreciation!”
– Frank McCormick, Ph.D./Director of UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
“The Cancer League, Inc. is an important, thoughtful and prudent grantor of funds to reputable, scientific organizations engaged in the fight to conquer cancer. Your careful analysis of scientific proposals reflects your commitment and wisdom, as well as your respect for the values for the donors who support your efforts.”
– Barry Siegel, President/Bay Area Tumor Institute
“Thanks to generous funding from The Cancer League, Inc., the East Bay Agency for Children is able to make a strategic change in the structure of our PediatriCare Program.We believe that this change will allow us to reach and assist even more families coping with cancer. Circle of Care provides compassionate and skilled care to children and families coping with serious illness, bereavement, or other traumatic losses through support groups, individual counseling, crisis intervention services and home-based family support. The majority of families we serve have an immediate family member who has cancer. On behalf of the children and families we serve, we would like to thank The Cancer League, Inc. from the bottom of our hearts for their part in the battle against this terrible disease!”
– Susan Corlett, Former Director of Development and Executive Director, East Bay Agency for Children
“On behalf of University Health Services at the University of California, Berkeley, we are deeply appreciative of the generous donation from The Cancer League, Inc. This donation will directly support a comprehensive, hands-on educational program for our primary care clinical staff on clinical breast examination. This has tremendous importance for optimizing breast health for women. The health care system needs clinicians to have a solid foundation and experience in conducting the best breast examination possible for their patients. As a direct result of the donation from The Cancer League, UHS will be able to offer this extended educational program.”
– Peter Dietrich, M.D., MPH, Medical Director UCB Tumor Institute Student Health Services
“The Cancer League is truly an outstanding organization dedicated to the mission of cancer eradication.”
Ernie Bodai, M.D., Director of the Breast Health Center at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento and “ Father” of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp and CureBreastCancer.org
“The generous support of The Cancer League, Inc. has proved invaluable to many programs within the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. Researchers and physicians are thrilled by the enthusiasm and spirit of the Cancer League members and their dedication to the eradication of this disease. They are open to bold ideas and new initiatives, which are both very difficult funding arenas in this era of harsh grant competition and funding gaps. The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center is extremely fortunate The Cancer League is right beside us fighting the battle.”
– Lisa Considine, Director of Development at UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Your donation this year made it possible for us to accept all the children who wanted to come to camp. Unfortunately for us all there were more children diagnosed with cancer in Northern California than ever before and our numbers at camp grew by 12% this summer. As a volunteer organization we never want to turn away anyone, especially children who might be having their last summer. That would have been the case this year if not for your support. I cannot thank you enough on behalf of the kids and their grateful families.”
-John Bell, Chairman and fouonder of Camp Okizu
“Funding received from the Cancer League will allow my lab to perform new proof-of-concept experiments that will reveal the inner workings of the lung cancer cell. In addition, the Cancer League’s letter of support helped convince the National Cancer Institute to fund this project through the recent award of an RO-1 research grant. I am deeply grateful for the vision of the members of The Cancer League in supporting my lab’s research and look forward to fruitful and rewarding interactions with Cancer League members in the future.”
-Dr. Martin McMahon, UCSF Bio Chemist
