The current economic recession, Government cutbacks, and reduced charitable contributions  has forced scientists working on developing new drugs and more effective  treatments to control and cure Cancers to work with considerably less resources. This means that the new treatments and drugs that are needed by patients suffering today will not be ready as soon as they could have been if research was fully funded.

The hope, which patients and their families must hold on to live with Cancer, is believing that soon there will be something new that will save them. That hope is diminished every time Cancer victims learn of reduced funding for scientific research.

Your gift to Friends of Susan at this time can restore hope to patients who are desperately waiting each day for the drug or treatment that will save their life and stop the disease that is killing them.

Every contribution to Friends of Susan goes directly and quickly to the best Universities and Clinics who are on the frontlines of working with patients who have all types of Cancers, especially Blood Cancers.  A tax-deductible donation will bridge the funding gap between cutbacks and the true costs of operating World Class research facilities searching for controls and cures for Cancer.

“Unfortunately, unless we get financial support from organizations like “Friends of Susan” our work in these difficult economic times is going to slow down considerably. That will mean that patients with Cancer that are not responding to today’s available treatments will have to wait for the help they need. Patients with advanced disease can’t afford to wait.” - Dr. Thomas J. Kipps, M.D., Ph.D.