Jeff Gordon Announces Commitment to CureSearch, Children’s Oncology Group
Submitted by CureSearch - Conquering Childhood Cancer
In an interview with NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon yesterday, he announced his foundation’s commitment to supporting CureSearch and the life-saving research of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).
“The foundation is committing $2.5 million to support pediatric cancer research and treatment and programs”, Gordon announced. A portion of this generous commitment will go to the Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, a COG Member Institution. Another segment of funds will be used to, ”conduct a Phase I long term follow-up study of pediatric cancer patients through CureSearch and the Children’s Oncology Group, funds to tissue-type 30,000 marrow donors through the Be The Match Registry of the National Marrow Donors Program.”
CureSearch will provide further details in an upcoming press release.
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