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MINNEAPOLIS, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Children s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) is proud to award $10.5 million in its latest round of funding. The new grants support 12 research organizations that are working to improve treatment and outcomes for children and adolescents with cancer.
The grants fuel research in a few key areas of need, including the development of new therapies for some of the hardest to treat cancers like acute myeloid leukemia, sarcomas and relapsed liver cancer, as well as support of exceptional investigators and physicians still early in their careers. In addition, funds will enable three organizations to address a major barrier in pediatric cancer research the lack of cohesive, complete data sets readily accessible to all researchers. Solving this issue will support collaboration and be key to finding cures for these rare diseases.
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The American Cancer Society and Pfizer Launch Community Grants Focused on Reducing Prostate Cancer Disparities Among Black Men
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ATLANTA, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Cancer Society and Pfizer Global Medical Grants are collaborating and have awarded a new competitive grant opportunity focused on addressing prostate cancer disparities impacting Black men.
The grants, funded by Pfizer Global Medical Grants and overseen by the American Cancer Society, are aimed at reducing gaps in care and barriers to treatment, and were awarded through a competitive selection process.
Cancer is a disease that affects everyone, but it doesn t affect everyone equally. Blacks experience more illness, worse outcomes, and premature death compared to whites in the United States. Further, Black people have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group in the United States for most cancers. Black men also have th