Christine's Fundraising Page

This April, hundreds of Dana-Farber runners will take to the streets to participate in the 129th Boston Marathon®. The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team runs and raises funds with thousands of special people in mind. From Hopkinton to Boston, we carry thoughts of those people every step of the way.

I am running and raising funds in memory of Emily, my friend and Boston Children's Hospital nurse. Emily was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) . It is a rare cancer found in only one in a million people worldwide. EHE grows from the cells that make up the blood vessels. This cancer can occur anywhere in the body with the most common sites being the liver, lungs, and bone.

Emily spent three years participating in different treatment options with no success. At the age of 34 years, she lost her battle to EHE.  

 
One hundred percent of every dollar raised by the DFMC team supports the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These funds are fueling some of today's most promising basic cancer research.