City of Hope Culminates Giving is Beautiful Fundraiser on World Cancer Day

Participating in Southern California is City of Hope. Giving is Beautiful - Campaign 

$73,762  Raised of $150,000 Goal

Tuesday 29 November 2022 12:00 AM - Saturday 4 February 2023 12:00 AM

#GivingIsBeautiful was started by beauty industry leaders during the pandemic to continue support for patients and families battling cancer throughout a time of need. We created a movement by engaging consumers, professionals, influencers, brands, retailers, employees & media partners to make an impact on the lives of so many living this battle. We came together to create a first-of-its-kind digital fundraiser, benefitting the life-saving cancer research and treatment taking place at City of Hope.

• City of Hope is one of the largest and most successful bone marrow and stem cell transplantation programs in the world.
• Monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer medicines – including the top four cancer drugs in the world – are based on technology developed at City of Hope.
• Human synthetic insulin, essential to millions oof diabetics worldwide, was developed through our research.

The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) the largest and oldest international cancer organization, dedicated to taking the lead in advocacy initiatives that unite the cancer community to

• Reduce the global cancer burden
• Promote greater equity
• Integrate cancer control into the world health and development agenda.

World Cancer Day was born on the 4 February 2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The Paris Charter aims to 

• Promote research
• Prevent cancer
• Improve patient services
• Raise awareness
• Mobilise the global community to make progress against cancer
• Adoption of World Cancer Day

Cervical Cancer Elimination Information Guide

 Without action, cervical cancer deaths will almost certainly rise a further 50% by 2030.

• Nearly 600,000 new cervical cancer cases are diagnosed every year
• Every one minute, a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer
• Devastatingly, over 300,000 women each year die from cervical cancer
• Globally, every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer
• Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in over 40 countries
• Around 90% of all cervical cancer deaths occur in low- to middle-income countries

Detecting cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is often curable if detected early.

Cervical cancer can take many years to develop. Before it does, the cervix cells often show changes which gives us the opportunity to check and treat these changes before they have the chance to progress into cervical cancer.

US

• the five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with cervical cancer at an advanced stage is 15%
•  compared with 93% if diagnosed when the cancer has not spread. 

 India

•  The five-year survival rate to be 9% when diagnosed at Stage IV
• 78% when diagnosed earlier at Stage I

Map of Activities | World Cancer Day

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