Jeopardy! Donates $230,504 to Stand Up to Cancer as Katie Couric’s Guest Hosting Run Ends
As Katie Couric says goodbye to Jeopardy!, the competition show is donating $230,504 to Stand Up To Cancer.
As Katie Couric says goodbye to Jeopardy!, the competition show is donating $230,504 to Stand Up To Cancer.
Former TODAY co-anchor Katie Couric joins TODAY to talk about her personal mission to fight colorectal cancer after losing her husband to the disease more than 20 years ago.
Journalist and former TODAY co-anchor Katie Couric has been a staunch advocate for awareness of colorectal cancer since she lost her first husband, Jay Monahan, to colon cancer in 1998.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the Oscar-winning star’s new PSA to promote early screenings of colon cancer for men and women 45 years of age or older, in partnership with Stand Up To Cancer and Exact Sciences.
A radiation oncologist speaks about the prevalence of colon cancer.
Stand Up To Cancer invites applications for participation in an Ideas Lab to establish the SU2C Head and Neck Cancer Research Team. The Research Team will bring new approaches to treating head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cancer into the clinical setting, with a focus on HPV-related and Fanconi anemia (FA)-related cancers.
Stand Up To Cancer has received a $10 million grant from Exact Sciences, a leading developer of cancer screening tests, to promote colorectal cancer screenings in minority populations. The campaign will begin in March to coincide with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Recently diagnosed cancer patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection and face more severe illness than people without cancer, a risk that is significantly higher for Black people than for white people with both diseases, a large new analysis concludes.