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Winter 2017
Promise is published four times a year by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and is dedicated to our friends who have joined us in Making Cancer History®.
![From navigating the hallways of MD Anderson’s vast campus in Houston to connecting with fellow patients and cancer survivors around the world, thousands turn to the internet for a quick and easy way to get the information they need. Over the years, “getting” has paved the way for “giving” through MD Anderson’s ephilanthropy program.](/content/mda/en/publications/promise/winter-2017/e-philanthropy-program-raises-support-for-patients/jcr:content/featuredImage.resize.jpg)
e-Philanthropy program raises support for...
Online donations support cancer research, treatment
Charles Aubrey "Mickey" LeMaistre, M.D.
$25 million to fund MD Anderson efforts to end melanoma and prostate cancer
Colon cancer survivor donates bell to MD Anderson GI Clinic so that patients can signal end of cancer treatment
Launched in 2012, MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program™ is a comprehensive effort to significantly reduce deaths and transform cancer care.
Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer, with 27,000 new diagnoses in the U.S. annually. For patients with high-risk...
Karen Fore, of Houston, is a six-year cancer survivor. She works in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at MD Anderson and...
W.K. Alfred Yung, M.D., professor, Neuro-Oncology, and a member of the Moon Shots Program™ executive committee, is an expert in...
For years, Barry Kessler was under the misconception that MD Anderson is "a place you go when things are really bad." Several years...
Jeff and Marty Lindley met in 1968 at the University of Arizona. They married in 1970 and had a daughter, Jessica. They later moved to...
Former Secretary of State discusses football, politics and more at Living Legend dinner benefiting MD Anderson
MD Anderson nurse recognized for impact on cancer patients' lives
Family hosts golf tournament to raise money for glioblastoma research in honor of son
Family assembles team to walk in annual Sprint For Life to support ovarian cancer research at MD Anderson
President Barack Obama signs the 21st Century Cures Act, which provides increased medical research funding, including $1.8 billion...
Santa's Elves event raises $100,000 for MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital
Visionary leader dedicated to helping young patients, families
Cardinal Health grants health professions school $25,000
Corporations align with MD Anderson to raise funds for cancer research and treatment
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