Everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer.
It's hard not to. At the University of Minnesota, doctors and researchers are helping thousands of people prevent, manage, or overcome cancer with early detection and the most innovative treatments.
Cancer has been a focus of research at the University for decades. Throughout the years, doctors here have pioneered several cancer treatments, including the world's first successful bone marrow transplant in 1968. Our researchers are still leading the way by using natural killer cells to destroy cancers, looking at more advanced ways to detect and treat breast cancer, and delivering chemotherapy directly and only to the site of the cancer.
The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, is one of the National Cancer Institute's 39 Comprehensive Cancer Centers. This means The Cancer Center can offer its patients the most innovative investigational treatments and clinical trials, ultimately helping scientists take their research from the laboratories to the patient's bedside.
Gift Opportunities
Ways your gift can benefit cancer research at the University include:
- Contributing to cancer research generally or to a specific type of cancer research, such as breast, blood, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer
- Funding innovative research through a "Brainstorm Award" for new pilot studies
- Supporting the new Center for Prostate Cancer, which is poised to become one of the country's premier centers for prostate care — from diagnosis through recovery
- Supporting a specific doctor's research or making a memorial gift in a loved one's honor
Every gift can help University of Minnesota doctors and researchers pioneer cancer treatments. Make your gift online now.