{"id":180726,"date":"2018-09-09T23:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=180726"},"modified":"2018-09-09T23:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T03:52:03","slug":"stand-cancer-raises-best-ever-123-million-pledges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/09\/stand-cancer-raises-best-ever-123-million-pledges\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand Up To Cancer raises best ever $123 million in pledges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to donors like YOU and support from our donors and collaborators, we are helping make the impossible, possible! (Photo<\/a> by: Stand Up To Cancer\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Stand Up To Cancer says its sixth celebrity-filled telethon was its most successful yet.<\/p>\n

The organization said Sunday that the fundraiser received more than $123 million in pledges from the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

Matt Damon, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jon Hamm and Winona Ryder were among the stars participating in Friday’s telecast. Musical performers included Stevie Wonder, Little Big Town and Charlie Wilson, a cancer survivor.<\/p>\n

Wonder paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, who died last month of pancreatic cancer, with a medley including \u201cWhat the World Needs Now is Love\u201d and \u201cLove’s in Need of Love Today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bradley Cooper, whose father died of lung cancer, was co-executive producer of the telethon, which was carried commercial-free by major broadcast networks and cable channels in the U.S. and Canada and on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

Cooper said Stand Up To Cancer scientists are giving patients new hope they can become long-term survivors.<\/p>\n

The telecast included three patients who have benefited from research funded by the group, including a former Marine Corps pilot with melanoma that spread to his brain and a retired school teacher with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

Stand Up To Cancer, a division of the philanthropic Entertainment Industry Foundation, was established in 2008 by media and entertainment leaders to accelerate research and get new therapies to patients quickly.<\/p>\n

Among other achievements, it’s funded research that has contributed to federal approval of five new cancer treatments, including for breast, ovarian, pancreatic and some difficult-to-treat leukemias, the group said.<\/p>\n

Before the telecast, Stand Up To Cancer said Thursday said it has raised more $480 million to fund innovative research.<\/p>\n

Others who took part in the event included organization co-founder Katie Couric, Mahershala Ali, Keith Urban, Josh Brolin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ken Jeong, Matthew McConaughey, John Oliver, Marlon Wayans and Keanu Reeves.<\/p>\n

A replay of the show is available online at
\nhttps:\/\/standuptocancer.org\/su2c-show .<\/p>\n

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