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Why Donate?
Our goals and how you can
help. |
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| A State
of Emergency |
 Each
year, The National Cancer Institute spends hundreds of
millions of dollars on breast
cancer research alone, and only
$20-30 million on all childhood
cancers combined. |
The
government is making more funding cuts for childhood
cancers,
especially sarcomas. |
| "The ten federally funded cancer cooperative
groups, which enroll nearly half of the patients
in the nation who are participating in cancer
trials, have begun to shut down [clinical] trials
and stop studying certain cancers amid funding
concerns... among the hardest-hit will be rare
cancers such as sarcomas... " |
- Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall
Street Journal, 2/7/2007 |
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| Our Purpose |
To
carry on Sean’s legacy of battling Ewing’s
sarcoma (ES) in
order to find a cure. |
To
enhance the quality of life for kids and teens
as they struggle
with cancer. |
| Donations made to the Foundation will help fund
new research efforts, create resources to improve
the lives of kids battling cancer, and bring education
about pediatric cancers to the public. Together,
in this effort, we hope to give hundreds of thousands
of children and their families a fighting chance. |
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| Our Immediate
Goals |
To
raise 2 million dollars to put in place an endowed Research
Chair
(head researcher) at Moores UCSD
Cancer Center in San Diego. |
Beginning
as an endowed fund, existing in perpetuity, The Seany
Foundation will ensure the Research Chair has the resources
needed until a cure for ES is found. |
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To
raise $100,000 to build the first “teen activity
room” in the
oncology wing of Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. |
The
teen activity room will serve as a fun, safe place for
teens to socialize with their peers and find distraction
from their treatment as they battle caner. |
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| Recent Progress |
| A
grant proposal and pilot project have been selected: |
Michael
G. Rosenfeld, MD has been awarded a $20,000 grant to
pursue his research. |
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| Promising
Discoveries |
According
to Dennis Carson, M.D., Director of Moores
Cancer Center, and world-renowned cancer researcher: |
| "...a greater scientific effort in Ewing's
sarcoma is likely to have a major impact on the disease,
and could very well lead to an effective treatment.
The basic mutations that cause ES have been revealed.
Now we need to know exactly how they effect the cell's
chemistry, and then develop antidotes to the abnormal
chemical pathways. With advanced technology, this
goal is definitely achievable." |
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