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The mission of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) is to eradicate cancer by funding collaborative cross-institutional research to identify and correct abnormal gene function that cause cancer. This research is the basis for developing minimally toxic treatments for all patients with cancer. Since its inception, the SWCRF has funded over $100 million in cancer research.
We focus on funding cutting-edge research that uncovers cancer-causing abnormal gene function. One key goal of SWCRF is to develop minimally toxic treatments based on correcting cancer-causing gene function associated with all forms of cancer. The SWCRF funds a research collaboration in China that leads to the discovery of a treatment for a form of leukemia and improving patient survival rate from less than 25% to greater than 95%. Through the SWCRF "Institute Without Walls", we fund a network of 30 researchers who are some of the brightest scientific minds in North America, Asia, and Europe.