All Cancer Counts
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Hi, my name is Carissa. To most, I appear to lead a normal life, but I have cancer. Two months after my 30th birthday I was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC), a rare cancer of secretory glands, typically originating in the head and neck region. After I was diagnosed, I underwent 6 weeks of intense daily radiation and weekly chemotherapy. Luckily, for me, this treatment saved my life. It shrunk my tumor down to a manageable size, but I still live with the tumor, which is in my trachea. I do not know how fast it will grow, if it will spread, or how long I will live.
I’m being treated at Penn, one of the best hospitals in the country, but without proper research, my doctors can only do so much. ACC has limited treatment options, limited research, and no cure. No chemotherapies or targeted drugs have been approved for ACC. More research is needed to find effective therapies for ACC patients.
This is where YOU come in. I need your help to save my life and the lives of others who have this rare, but relentless cancer, which affects only 10,000 people in the United States. We need to raise money for ACC research; to help researchers find more treatment options, safer treatment options, and a cure; ultimately giving HOPE to those who currently have very few treatment options, myself included.
All Cancer Counts. No one should be left behind.
Getting a clinical trial up and running can cost millions of dollars. In Rare Diseases, large pharmaceutical companies have little interest because they don’t see ways to make a profit. The truth is, that funding treatment and finding a cure is left exclusively to ACC patients and their families. By helping to fund ACC-specific research and clinical trials, you are investing in the lives of those affected by this rare disease.
It is my mission to spread awareness, and raise money for this cause. Please join me in spreading the word to save my life and the lives of others.
I'm raising money for The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation. All donations will go directly to the organization. Any dollar amount will help make an impact, I deeply thank you in advance for your contribution.
How can you help today?
- Donate what you can, no amount is too small and donations are tax-deductible
- Share on social media with hashtag #AllCancerCounts
- Email this GoFundMe link to all of your friends and family
- Have tips on starting a foundation or planning a fundraiser? Please email me
Where is your money going?
Every dollar goes to the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization funding research and clinic trials for this specific cancer. All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the donations benefit research.
Why so much money?
Getting a clinical trial up and running can cost millions of dollars. In Rare Diseases, large pharmaceutical companies have little interest because they don’t see ways to make a profit. The truth is, that funding treatment and finding a cure is left exclusively to ACC patients and their families. By helping to fund ACC-specific research and clinical trials, you are investing in the lives of those affected by this rare disease.
If you would like to donate by check:
Please make your check payable to: “Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation” or “ACCRF”
and mail to:
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation
P.O. Box 442
Needham, MA 02494
*Be on the lookout for more information about our fall event, where we plan to raise funds for ACC research and spread awareness about this rare cancer*
More information about The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation:
Hope is a Powerful Ally. And Research is the Angel of Hope. Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer of secretory glands, typically originating in the head and neck region. The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF) supports research into adenoid cystic carcinoma that will accelerate the development of improved therapies and a cure for the disease.
- ACC often afflicts young and middle-aged patients. The median age at diagnosis for ACC patients is a decade younger than for all cancer patients.
- ACC is an equal-opportunity disease that might strike anyone. It is not inherited and is not associated with smoking, drinking, infection or ethnicity. Women comprise about 60% of ACC cases.
- ACC’s progression is gradual and relentless. The disease has a tendency to grow along nerves and metastasize to the lungs.
https://www.accrf.org/
I’m being treated at Penn, one of the best hospitals in the country, but without proper research, my doctors can only do so much. ACC has limited treatment options, limited research, and no cure. No chemotherapies or targeted drugs have been approved for ACC. More research is needed to find effective therapies for ACC patients.
This is where YOU come in. I need your help to save my life and the lives of others who have this rare, but relentless cancer, which affects only 10,000 people in the United States. We need to raise money for ACC research; to help researchers find more treatment options, safer treatment options, and a cure; ultimately giving HOPE to those who currently have very few treatment options, myself included.
All Cancer Counts. No one should be left behind.
Getting a clinical trial up and running can cost millions of dollars. In Rare Diseases, large pharmaceutical companies have little interest because they don’t see ways to make a profit. The truth is, that funding treatment and finding a cure is left exclusively to ACC patients and their families. By helping to fund ACC-specific research and clinical trials, you are investing in the lives of those affected by this rare disease.
It is my mission to spread awareness, and raise money for this cause. Please join me in spreading the word to save my life and the lives of others.
I'm raising money for The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation. All donations will go directly to the organization. Any dollar amount will help make an impact, I deeply thank you in advance for your contribution.
How can you help today?
- Donate what you can, no amount is too small and donations are tax-deductible
- Share on social media with hashtag #AllCancerCounts
- Email this GoFundMe link to all of your friends and family
- Have tips on starting a foundation or planning a fundraiser? Please email me
Where is your money going?
Every dollar goes to the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization funding research and clinic trials for this specific cancer. All donations are tax-deductible and 100% of the donations benefit research.
Why so much money?
Getting a clinical trial up and running can cost millions of dollars. In Rare Diseases, large pharmaceutical companies have little interest because they don’t see ways to make a profit. The truth is, that funding treatment and finding a cure is left exclusively to ACC patients and their families. By helping to fund ACC-specific research and clinical trials, you are investing in the lives of those affected by this rare disease.
If you would like to donate by check:
Please make your check payable to: “Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation” or “ACCRF”
and mail to:
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation
P.O. Box 442
Needham, MA 02494
*Be on the lookout for more information about our fall event, where we plan to raise funds for ACC research and spread awareness about this rare cancer*
More information about The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation:
Hope is a Powerful Ally. And Research is the Angel of Hope. Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer of secretory glands, typically originating in the head and neck region. The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF) supports research into adenoid cystic carcinoma that will accelerate the development of improved therapies and a cure for the disease.
- ACC often afflicts young and middle-aged patients. The median age at diagnosis for ACC patients is a decade younger than for all cancer patients.
- ACC is an equal-opportunity disease that might strike anyone. It is not inherited and is not associated with smoking, drinking, infection or ethnicity. Women comprise about 60% of ACC cases.
- ACC’s progression is gradual and relentless. The disease has a tendency to grow along nerves and metastasize to the lungs.
https://www.accrf.org/
Organizer
Carissa Schied
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA
The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation
Beneficiary