Stand Up To Cancer ‘s one-hour, commercial-free telecast aired on Friday, September 10, 2010 on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, Showtime, The Style Network and TV One and over 30 online streaming partners like AOL, Yahoo! and YouTube. The star-studded event raised over $80 million.
The SU2C broadcast was dedicated to the over 12 million U.S. cancer survivors illustrating how groundbreaking research can change the tide in the fight against the disease. Updates were provided on the work of the five Stand Up To Cancer Dream Teams, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, who also reported on other new medical developments.
Stand Up To Cancer raises funds to hasten the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new ther apies to patients quickly and save lives. The show is over but Stand Up To Cancer is still accepting donations online at http://www.standup2cancer.org/theshow or Text STAND to 40202 to give $10 now. 100% of the funds received from the public go to research.
Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $180 million for cancer research since 2008. We thank you and all the film, tv and sports figures that donated their time to promote the show.
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