Cancer affects all of us, and we've had enough. Tonight, for the third year in a row, more than 100 of your favorites celebs, including George Clooney, Will Smith, Seth MacFarlane, Martina McBride and Lady Antebellum will join together and Stand Up To Cancer.
Survivors Sharon Osbourne, Lance Armstrong, and Christina Applegate will make appearances, as will Michael Douglas as he faces his own battle with stage IV throat cancer.
“Plain and simple, cancer takes too much from us,” said Laura Ziskin, co-founder and producer of SU2C.
- ”Loved ones lost to it, pain and suffering endured by those in treatment, even the recent report that cancer has the most devastating economic impact of any cause of death…this disease exacts a very high price. We want people all over the country to rise up and say, ‘ENOUGH!’”
Stand Up to Cancer goes beyond raising money for vital research. They bring teams of scientists together, providing them with the resources they need, and work to make sure that treatments they discover are made available to patients as fast as possible.
The first SU2C telethon in 2008, raised more than $100 million to accelerate research and find treatments and cures.
We’ve all been touched in some way by this devastating disease. Share your story in the comments.
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