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Stand Up To Cancer Returns To TV In 2014 Jul 10, 2014

Building on three historic fundraising telecasts in 2008, 2010 and 2012, the groundbreaking grassroots movement Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), will return to primetime television on Friday, September 5, 2014, at 8 pm ET & PT / 7 pm CT. More →

Stand Up To Cancer Telecast Returns In September Jul 11, 2012

Building on two historic fundraising telecasts in 2008 and 2010, groundbreaking grassroots movement Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), will return to primetime television on Friday, September 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET & PT). More →

Chris Isaak To Perform At Evening With The Stars For Charity Oct 21, 2011

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will present the 14th annual An Evening with the Stars gala on Saturday, October 22, at the elegant Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. More →

Marlee Matlin And Dana Delany Stand Up For Their Fathers Jun 20, 2011

Marlee Matlin and Dana Delany have both paid tribute to their fathers to help raise awareness of Stand Up To Cancer. More →

Dirty Dancing Voted Best Chick Flick In Oxfam Survey Feb 10, 2011

British women have crowned Dirty Dancing – starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey – as their favourite chick flick for a girls’ night in, according to a survey for Oxfam, to mark the launch of Oxfam’s Have a Bit of a Do fundraising campaign. More →

Patrick Swayze's Widow Launches Cancer Campaign Sep 15, 2010

Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, is launching a new pancreatic cancer campaign to mark the first anniversary of the star’s death. More →

Stand Up To Cancer To Return With Second Celebrity Charity Telecast May 20, 2010

Two years after an historic fundraising telecast and the start of a groundbreaking grassroots movement, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) will return to primetime television on September 10, 2010, at 8PM EST & PST / 7PM CT, with a star-studded appeal to build continuing public support and donations for cutting-edge cancer research that translates at a rapid pace from the laboratory to treatments and technologies that benefit patients. More →

Stars Stand Up To Cancer On Demand Dec 17, 2009

Comcast Corporation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have joined together to create the first-ever video-on-demand (VOD) initiative Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand to broaden awareness and raise critical funds for innovative cancer research. More →

Private Practice Cast Hosts Dinner To Honor Cancer Survivors Oct 1, 2009

Wolfgang Puck’s Spago Beverly Hills was the site for a special dinner to “Blow Out Cancer” and celebrate the lives of four courageous American Cancer Society survivors. More →

Patrick Swayze's Charity Legacy Sep 15, 2009

Patrick Swayze has passed away after a long battle with cancer, aged 57. More →

Patrick Swayze Urges Congress To Fight Cancer Feb 10, 2009

Patrick Swayze has penned an open letter in the Washington Post urging world leaders to help in the fight against cancer. More →

Stand Up To Cancer A Huge Success Sep 8, 2008

A multitude of stars came out on Friday night as part of the Stand Up To Cancer television extravaganza to raise money for cancer research. More →