Finding Answers to Cancer
We all want to live in a world where cancer doesn’t exist. Every day, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville is getting closer to that goal. You can help by joining the Finding Answers to Cancer campaign.
To date, the campaign has raised more than $63 million for cancer research, patient support and outreach and prevention at the Brown Cancer Center.
Research in the cancer center is growing at levels seen at very few other centers. The Brown Cancer Center has quickly become known as a place where new treatments can be developed quickly. Its scientists have three new cancer treatments in early trials, four drugs in preclinical testing and more than a dozen additional new cancer drugs in the development pipeline.
These discoveries are giving people with cancer hope for a cure. But even beyond the human impact, the Brown Cancer Center is having a clear economic impact on our community.
A 2006 economic report indicates that for every dollar invested in research through federal grants, the local economy grows by $2.20, mainly through the creation of new jobs. In 2007 Brown Cancer Center physician-scientists attracted $31.8 million in federal research grants, which translates into approximately $70 million in economic benefits to Kentucky.
With financial support from federal research grants – and private gifts from people like you – the Brown Cancer Center's incredible researchers are finding answers to cancer.
