Stand Up To Cancer Announces $3.25 Million In Grants For Research To Improve Treatment Of Head And Neck Cancers
The grants include contributions of $1.5 million each from the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund and the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
- The grants include contributions of $1.5 million each from the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund and the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
- The American Head and Neck Society and the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance are each providing $125,000 to support the project.
- The grants will support new approaches to treating head and neck cancers, especially those associated with Fanconi anemia and human papillomavirus, or HPV.
- "Oral, head and neck cancers together make up the sixth most common cancer diagnosed worldwide," said Amanda Hollinger, executive director of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance.