In April 2023, my Mom, Elizabeth Arnold, was diagnosed with Stage IV Serous Endometrial cancer. She had qualified and planned to run the Boston Marathon. Instead, she went through multiple rounds of chemo and major surgery.
Her passion for running, and new advances in the treatment of late-stage gynecological cancers got her through it, for now.
On my third attempt, with my Mom cheering me on, I qualified to run Boston too. Our goal now is to cross both finish lines together in April, the marathon and cancer.
This past year my Mom said so many people would say to her, "You got this!" and although she knew they meant well, she wished people would say, "We got this." That's what we are asking for here. Your support of late-stage cancer research may not save my Mom's life, but it could save yours, or someone you know and love. So let's do this, together.
We hope that with your help, new research will result in more scientific breakthroughs for cancers like my Mom's that were once written off and thought to be incurable. Thanks to research at the Dana-Farber Institute, cancer drug development is now happening fast enough that it's outpacing the growth of cancer cells in patients. This is a new paradigm. For many, cancer is now more like a chronic disease than a one-time catastrophic event. We want to keep this trend going. That's why we're fundraising for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge.
One hundred percent of every dollar raised supports the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These funds enable the brightest, most creative scientists whose research discoveries have transformed cancer treatment, improving care, quality of life, and survival.
Here are some projects funded by the Barr Program
Every donation, no matter how small, gets us closer to the ultimate finish line, a world without cancer. Thank you for your support.
