Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has launched a $2.5 billion philanthropic campaign, the largest fundraising effort in the center’s 84-year history.
Initial donor support has raised $1.9 billion toward the $2.5 billion goal, according to a Nov. 14 news release from the cancer center.
The effort, called Only Possible Here, The Campaign to End Cancer, will have three areas of focus: to expand MD Anderson’s reach, expedite breakthroughs and elevate the patient experience, the release said.
The main priorities under the three focus areas are MD Anderson’s expansion to Austin, Texas; a cancer neuroscience program; the Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation; the Institute for Data Science in Oncology; the James P. Allison Institute; the Kinder Children’s Cancer Center; the Meyers Institute for Oncology Nursing; a master facilities plan and creation of the largest oncology patient navigation program in the U.S.
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