Lily Hum

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Fundraising for Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation- UCLA
US$50
raised of US$650 target
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Event: Los Angeles Marathon 2023, on 19 March 2023
Join the Fierce Sisters by supporting our team for the LA Half Marathon CHARITY CHALLENGE on March 19, 2023! YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION will benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Story

Our Fierce Sisters journey started the day Elisabeth received a Stage IVb Ovarian Cancer diagnosis. From symptom to advanced high-grade serous carcinoma, it was a 22 terrifying days. Soon after, both Elisabeth and her sister Susan were identified as BRCA1 mutation carriers. Susan underwent preventive surgeries only to discover that she, too had the beginnings of this disease. It is hard to express the despair and powerlessness one feels to learn that there is no "cure" for ovarian cancer. Only 17% of advanced-stage patients are still alive by year five, and of those patients who do survive, there is a 90-95% recurrence rate. Also, BRCA1 carriers have a very high lifetime risk for breast and ovarian cancer, and there is no early detection test. Their despair turned to hope when they met Dr. Gottfried E. Konecny, an internationally recognized leader in ovarian cancer research, a physician-scientist, and a professor of medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Given his

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About the campaign

Join the Fierce Sisters by supporting our team for the LA Half Marathon CHARITY CHALLENGE on March 19, 2023! YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION will benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Program at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

About the charity

The UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (JCCF) is a fully licensed 501(c)(3) that raises money to fund leading-edge cancer research at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC).

Donation summary

Total raised
US$50.00
Online donations
US$50.00
Offline donations
US$0.00

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