Stand Up to Cancer!

"This is where the end of cancer begins.

When together we become a force unmistakable.
A movement undeniable.
A light that cannot dim.

When we take our wild impossible dreams
And make them possible
Make them true

When together we rise as one
When we stand up
When we Stand Up To Cancer."

"Stand Up to Cancer" is an entertainment industry group determined to conquer cancer by funding the best and brightest cancer researchers in the country. They strongly believe that we are now on the verge of beating cancer - if we harness our resources and focus our energies on new technologies and promising clinical innovations.

"Cancer takes one person every minute. One life in a moment. They are our brothers, our sisters, our fathers and mothers, our husbands and wives, our best friends, our children, ourselves. Every day in America 1500 people die and yet the means to save them are literally within our reach. To wait any longer for someone else to save our lives and the lives of those we love is unforgivable.

Inspired to act by our own personal experiences with cancer, we recognize that we can no longer rely on the current system alone to give us the breakthroughs we need. So, we are calling on the public to help take matters into our own hands, investing in a revolution that will change the way scientist and clinicians work to understand and treat these diseases. Stand Up To Cancer is more than a rallying cry. It is a galvanizing force created to urgently move cancer research forward.

This is where the end of cancer begins: when we unite in one unstoppable movement and Stand Up To Cancer."

WebMD is teaming up with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) get the word out about this fundraising initiative. Tune in to ABC, NBC or CBS on September 5th starting at 8:00 pm ET/PT (7:00 PM CT). The live and commercial-free broadcast will feature celebrities from TV, film, sports and music, including Jennifer Aniston, James Taylor, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep, David Cook, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Jack Black, Kirsten Dunst, Charles Barkley, America Ferrera, Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Forrest Whitaker, Jimmy Fallon, Keanu Reeves, and many more.

Please share your own experiences and triumphs, or those of your loved ones, on Dr. Harold Burstein's Cancer Treatments and Advances message board. And please tune into the show or visit SU2C online and make your donation.

Monies raised by SU2C will support research projects by interdisciplinary, multi-institutional translational and clinical research "Dream Teams" and high-risk Innovative Research Grants from which ideas for new Dream Teams may form. The funds will be administered through the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the largest scientific organization in the world focusing on every aspect of high-quality, innovative cancer research.

With your help, this can be the beginning of the end of cancer.

Kate_WebMD_Staff