National Cancer Care Grants through the years
The Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation is dedicated to changing the future of cancer by funding advanced, innovative research that treats the cancer while sparing the patient. Your generosity funds research at National Cancer Institute-accredited institutions and cancer charities in various cities across the United States.
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Cancer Research Grants
CARES collaborates with The V Foundation to invest in the best scientists making huge strides in the fight against cancer. Our cancer research grants focus on immunotherapy treatment for many types of cancer and start at $200,000 with some grants being multi-year commitments.
We partner with the V Foundation’s premier Scientific Advisory Committee, comprised of the nation’s top doctors and scientists in cancer research, to vet the best research and funding needs.
Researchers identified new proteins that can restore tumor cells & with immunotherapy treatment, use the T cells to attack brain tumors in pediatrics.
Through canine comparative oncology research at Duke we help dogs & humans beat cancer by developing better clinical trials with faster & less costly drug therapies.
Researchers are developing a new way of studying how melanoma tumors grow & interact with immune cells & steer their response to attack tumor cells more effectively
CARES funded breakthrough research into the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Early data has given researchers a better understanding of how tumor cells interact with the rest of the brain. These findings give clear direction on which parts of the tumor should be targeted in the short-term, with the long-term goal of expanding patient’s lifespan in both pediatric and adult patients.
Cancer CARE GRANTS
CARES provides funding to institutions and healthcare entities to make an impact through cancer research, cancer patient support services, and provider education. CARES directs a portion of the funds raised from select events across the country to cancer care grants in the event’s community. These cancer care grants are gifted in amounts under $200,000, with some being multi-year commitments.
CARES funded the creation of the Merrill Oncology Center Travel Fund, allowing patients in Lake Placid financial aid for travel expenses to their lifesaving treatments.
Our donation supported clinical trials for childhood cancer and explores the causes & treatment of these diseases. Averaging 8 new pediatric patients per month.
Our funding provided support to the Hematology & Oncology Department specializing in pediatric cancers & blood disorders
The donation made by CARES assisted the Cancer Patient Fund which helps patients cover their treatment costs & nutritional supplements.
Our gift supports ongoing funding to the University of Wisconsin for CAR T-cell research in adults with blood cancers.
Even with 100% removal of a glioblastoma tumor, there’s always a trace of cancer cells that remain. CARES funded patient assistance for those with GBM.
We fund research that takes T-cells & expands them to an army of cells to kill cancer. 66% of acute myeloid leukemia patients responded with no side effects.
Supported the Center for Immuno-Oncology providing correlative analysis & identification biomarkers of response, resistance & toxicity in immunotherapy trials.
Our funding contributed to the ongoing patient care in the Hematology and Oncology Department for solid tumors.
Our gift went to the Wellness Center helping cancer patients going through treatment stay physically & mentally well by combining eastern medicine & immunotherapy treatment.
Our grant assisted in uniting scientists in research aimed at understanding and targeting the genomic complexity of cancer.
We’ve supported research to reduce & deplete lung cancer cells using immune genes and T-cells, as well as research in to immunotheraphy treatment for epithelial ovarian cancer.
Funded evidence that a two drug combination makes pancreatic tumors more reactive to cancer fighting medicine using T-cells into a senescence process.
Our funding to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund allows childhood cancer to be treated using special immunotherapy treatments in pediatrics.
CARES is funding clinical trials in CAR-T, focusing on using the treatment at earlier stages of cancer, countering side effects, and safely delivering treatments more effectively.
The research is contributing to advancing cancer therapy in the application of stem cell and gene therapy techniques under an endowed chair.
Our gift is designated to the Perrysburg Cancer Center to help purchase a 64-slice Digital PET/CT scanner to measure cancerous tumors.
Our funding to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund allows childhood cancer to be treated using special immunotherapy treatments in pediatrics.
In 2021, CARES expanded our partnerships in Bowling Green, Ohio to also include Wood County Hospital and the Maurer Cancer Center.
CARES funding supports the only approved center in TN to offer FDA-approved CAR T-cell treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
CARES is funding a CAR-T therapy, helping Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia pediatric patients be treated more effectively with new groundbreaking research.
CARES partners with the only children’s hospital in Alaska & their Pediatric Hematology and Oncology group, making lifesaving care more accessible to Alaskan children.
We funded the Cancer Immunology & Metabolism Center of Excellence for scientists to understand the immune response to cancer & develop new treatments.
Our donation funds one of the most robust pipelines of T-cell immunotherapy clinical trials for children & young adults. The goal is to open clinical trials within the next two years.
Our partnership funding provides amenities & educational resources for their oncology patients that are vital to the patient’s ability to cope with their diagnosis.
CARES is supporting their efforts in Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, specifically funding the recruitment of a junior research scientist to improve care.
