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The end of Cancer begins with Research

OPPORTUNITIES TO

Our Grants Portfolio

We Have Given Grants to the Following Institutions

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

City-of-Hope Duarte CA

City of Hope, Duarte, CA

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

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THE END OF CANCER BEGINS WITH RESEARCH

2024 GRANTS

Kure It Cares Initiative

Dr. Sora Park Tajasiri

Name of Research Foundation Funded:

Supporting Dr. Sora Tajasiri’s research on reducing ethnic/racial disparities in cancer screenings through the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

$50,000 Awarded to

Barry Hoeven Kidney Cancer Memorial Grant

Charles B. Nguyen, MD

Name of Research Project:

Novel combination therapy approaches and biomarker correlatives in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

$250,000 Awarded to

Fund-A-Need

Mina S. Sedrak, MD, MS

Name of Research Project Funded:

Leading the Cancer & Aging Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, which combines clinical and translational research efforts. In collaboration with experts in both aging and oncology, developing clinical trials aimed at mitigating, reversing, or preventing accelerated aging in patients with cancer

$100,000 Awarded to

Kure It/CSSA Grant

Jun Gong, MD

Name of Research Project:

“Focus on a culmination of exciting findings just completed in the lab demonstrating a new, safe, and effective method to prevent colorectal cancer, particularly for young-onset colorectal cancer as well as adult-onset colorectal cancer.”

$100,000 Awarded to

Rivals United For a Kure Grant

Siamak Daneshmand, M.D.

Name of Research Project:

Determining FGFR3 Mutational Status in Urothelial Carcinoma In-Situ of the Bladder

$100,000 Awarded to

Rivals United For a Kure Grant

Dan Ruan, PhD., FAAPM

Name of Research Project:

Optimization of sexual health in radiation therapy for prostate cancer

$100,000 Awarded to

Granted Funds to Investigate

KURE IT FUNDED RESEARCH FOR THE FOLLOWING CANCER TYPES:

ADVANCE RENAL MASS
APPENDICEAL CANCER
BLADDER CANCER
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA (BILE DUCT CANCER)
CHONDROSARCOMA (BONE & SOFT TISSUE)
COLORECTAL CANCER
EWING SARCOMA (PEDIATRIC BONE & SOFT TISSUE CANCER)
GALLBLADDER CANCER
GENETIC MUTATION IN YOUNG ADULT CANCERS
GENETIC SEQUENCING IN YOUNG ADULT CANCERS
HEAD & NECK CANCERS

IMMUNOTHERAPY IN MELANOMA
KIDNEY CANCER
LIVER CANCER
LUNG CANCER
MOLECULAR ALTERCATION IN
LIPOSARCOMA (DEEP SOFT TISSUE CANCER)
PANCREATIC CANCER
PEDIATRIC NEUROBLASTOMA
PROSTATE CANCER
SPINE CANCER
STOMACH CANCER

Meet the Researchers

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