The final chapter of healing is to help others along the journey, and we can think of no better way than to support the on-going efforts of the Johns Hopkins CRC Center of Research Excellence at the Kimmel Cancer Center, where they are focused on developing treatments for longer and better survivorship while also discovering advancements for earlier detection and prevention. Great clinicians, scientists and support teams doing great things!
George Davis and his wife, Patricia, along with the Trey Mancini Foundation invite you to a night of celebration - great food, an open bar, and wonderful entertainment - while honoring the Johns Hopkins Colorectal Cancer Center. Our goal is to raise funding for the Center, while also creating more local awareness and to celebrate survivorship.
We are excited to inform everyone that we have secured some great music for our event on September 5th at Gertrude’s to honor the CRC Center of Research Excellence!
Special acoustic performance by famed luthier, Paul Reed Smith and Kimmel Cancer Center Director, Dr. Bill Nelson with members of their band PRS Eightlock have agreed to play for us.
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There has been an alarming increase in early-onset colorectal cancer over the past decade. Today, almost a third of rectal cancers are diagnosed in people under the age of 55. Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer when they are young are often plagued with delays in diagnosis due to their symptoms being overlooked by both patients and their doctors, assuming the causes to be benign. Once diagnosed, these patients have to juggle many competing priorities, often being in the time of life when they are caring for children and elderly parents while also in the prime of their work life as well. Issues of fertility, finances, childcare, and other psychosocial challenges can be very daunting. And considering their young age, long term issues of survivorship and chronic medical challenges also need to be addressed. There is also an ongoing question as to why we are seeing this rise in early-onset disease and if there is a difference in the optimal treatment for these patients.
In the face of these realities, we are launching a new parallel clinic at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Center for early onset colorectal cancer. The goal of this clinic will be to ensure that early onset CRC patients will have all the added supports they need in their care during their treatment and after. In addition, we will concurrently probe the important research questions regarding why we are seeing these shifts in cancer incidence in the young, hoping to work towards reversing that trend.
If you aren't able to join us on September 5th in person but would like to support the CRC Center of Research Excellence - please click here to make a donation.
*Out of gratitude to our hosts, 100% of your ticket is tax deductible and directed to the Colorectal Cancer Research Center of Excellence.*
