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THIS IS A TEST CAPTION FROM

NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE.

WELCOME TO "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" 2018.

TONIGHT, HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST

STARS PUT ASIDE OUR EGOS AND

FOCUS ON OTHERS BECAUSE FOR TEN

YEARS, "STAND UP TO CANCER" HAS

BEEN FOCUSED ON FUNDING ON

GROUNDBREAKING CANCER TREATMENT

AND SAVING LIVES.

AND IT ALL STARTED WITH...

ME.

I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR

"STAND UP TO CANCER."

I WAS STANDING BEHIND A GUY AT

THE DELI BECAUSE HE KEPT

SHORTING ME ON SO LAME.

I SAID TO MYSELF WHAT IF I USED

THIS ENERGY TO DEFEAT CANCER.

11 YEARS AGO, I WAS AT

BURNING MAN AND I SAW PEOPLE

STANDING WHICH GAVE ME THE

VISION RIGHT THEN, STAND UP TO

CANCER.

NONE OF THAT WAS TRUE.

IT'S THE ONLY THING I

REMEMBER.

THAT WOLF OF WALL STREET, IT

WAS ACTUALLY MODELED AFTER ONE I

DID FOR "STAND UP TO CANCER"

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THE ORIGINAL NAME WAS "STAND"

"UP TO CANCER" BY PUTTING

TOGETHER DREAM TEAMS OF DOCTORS

AND SCIENTISTS WHO WILL DEVELOP

AMAZING CURES AND I SAID THAT'S

A LOT FOR THE MOUTH.

I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO SAID

THEY NEEDED A THEME SONG.

"STAND UP TO CANCER"!

IF THEY WANTED TO RAISE MONEY

BY SELLING COOKIES.

I WAS LIKE ARE YOU CRAZY?

NO MATTER WHO HAD THE IDEA OR

WHO GETS THE CREDIT.

FOR TEN YEARS I'VE

SPEARHEADED THIS INCREDIBLE

ORGANIZATION AND NOW I'M NOT

JUST KATHY BATES ACADEMY AWARD

WINNER.

I'M KATHY BATES, CANCER IS

WORT

NIGHTMARE, ACADEMY AWARD WINNER,

BAD ASS.

I STILL MAKE TIME TO OVERSEE

ALL THE INCREDIBLE, DOPE

RESEARCH THAT MY MEDICAL HOMIES

ARE ROLLING OUT ACROSS THE GLOBE

GLOBE.

WITHOUT FUNDING, NONE OF THIS

WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

WHICH IS WHY WE TURN TO...

HIGH.

I FAMOUSLY PLAYED AN ADVERTISING

EXECUTIVE ON TELEVISION AS WELL

AS REPRESENT SEVERAL MARQUEE

BRANDS THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.

I KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT

ASKING PEOPLE FOR MONEY.

IT GOES A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE

THIS.

GIVE US SOME MONEY!

START GIVING WHATEVER YOU

CAN, ALWAYS REMEMBER... "STAND"

"UP TO CANCER" WAS 100% OF

JENNIFER GARNER'S IDEA.

LIFE FROM LOS ANGELES, THIS

IS "STAND UP TO CANCER"

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE

WELCOME MATT DAMON.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TEN YEARS AGO IS WHEN THE

DREAM BEGAN, A DREAM THOUGHT TO

BE TOO BIG, TOO BOLD, TOO

RADICAL, AND REVOLUTIONARY.

A DREAM THAT BY WORKING

TOGETHER, WE COULD TURN EVERY

CANCER PATIENT INTO A LONG-TERM

SURVIVOR.

BECAUSE OF YOU, BECAUSE OF THE

NEW TREATMENTS BEING CREATED,

BECAUSE OF THE WAY "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" CHANGED TO THE OF CANCER

RESEARCH, WE ARE TURNING THAT

BIG, BOLD, RADICAL,

REVOLUTIONARY DREAM INTO A

REALITY THAT'S CHANGING OUR

WORLD.

USUALLY WHEN YOU SEE ACTORS ON

STAGE, THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING

THE APPLAUSE.

TONIGHT IS DIFFERENT.

TONIGHT I'M HERE AND THEY ARE

ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU AND

EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS

PROGRESS POSSIBLE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SO TO ALL THE SCIENTISTS,

DOCTORS, NURSES, AND PATIENT

ADVOCATES WHO ARE ON THE FRONT

LINES, PLEASE STAND UP.

TO EVERYONE WORKING AT THE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER

RESEARCH, THE EXTRAORDINARY

SCIENTIFIC PARTNER OF "STAND UP"

"TO CANCER," STAND UP.

TO ALL THE MAJOR DONORS WHO

CONTRIBUTED TO MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS FOR SCIENTISTS TO WORK

SMARTER AND FASTER, STAND UP.

AND TO ALL THE SURVIVORS AND

ANYONE WHO IS OUT THERE WHO IS

IN THAT FIGHT RIGHT NOW, STAND

UP.

ALL OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME WHO

GAVE WHAT EVER YOU CAN TO

SUPPORT THIS RESEARCH, WE

THANK YOU.

PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER ON THE

SCREEN AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND

GIVE, 100% OF YOUR DONATION

RECEIVED GOES DIRECTLY TO CANCER

RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

PLEASE, GIVE WHAT YOU CAN.

EACH OF US HAS A REASON TO BE

STANDING UP TONIGHT, A SISTER,

BROTHER, MOM, IN MY CASE MY DAD.

WE ARE GOING TO BEAT CANCER

BECAUSE WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE

STAND TOGETHER, THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE HOLD THIS TRUTH TO BE

SELF-EVIDENT.

THAT WE HUMANS ARE CAPABLE OF

DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

SPECTACULAR THINGS.

INCONCEIVABLE THINGS.

IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.

OUR JOURNEY HAS LEFT

FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON AND

RIPPLES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE

OCEAN.

IT HAS CREATED MACHINES THAT

TRANSPORT US FASTER THAN SOUND.

AND MUSIC SO MOVING IT STOPS

US IN OUR TRACKS.

WE ARE AT OUR BESTS WHEN WE

STAND TOGETHER.

COOPERATING, SHARING,

EXCHANGING.

BUILDING UPON EACH OTHER'S

IDEAS.

THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE THE

IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHAT "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" HAS DONE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

BECAUSE YOU STOOD UP WITH US.

BECAUSE OF YOU.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

BECAUSE OF YOU, SURVIVORS ARE

AT WORK.

BECAUSE OF YOU, SURVIVORS ARE

OUT THERE ENJOYING LIFE.

THERE WATCHING THE SUNRISE

AND SET.

DIVING INTO THE DEEP BLUE

SEA.

WRITING INTO INTO THE OPEN

ROAD.

BECAUSE OF YOU, WERE MAKING

THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE OF YOU WILL KEEP

WORKING TO WIN THIS BATTLE.

BECAUSE OF YOU, WERE

COMMITTED TO MAKING EVERY CANCER

PATIENT A LONG-TERM SURVIVOR.

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

TOGETHER.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

WE STAND UP TO CANCER.

PLEASE CALL US, THE PHONE

LINES ARE OPEN.

GIVE WHAT YOU CAN BECAUSE WHEN

THE LIVES OF OUR LOVED ONES ARE

ON THE LINE, BEING AMBITIOUS IS

OUR ONLY OPTION.

WE ARE MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE

BECAUSE OF YOU AND ALL OF THE

INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO RALLIED

BEHIND A STAND UP TO CANCER.

FROM DAY ONE, MAJOR LEAGUE

BASEBALL BELIEVED IN THE DREAM,

IT HAS BEEN A FOUNDING DONOR.

THEY BELONG IN THE "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" HALL OF FAME.

IT'S WITH THEIR HELP WE HAVE

ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.

THERE'S SO MUCH STILL TO

ACCOMPLISH.

ONE IN THREE AMERICANS AND ONE

IN TWO CANADIANS ARE DIAGNOSED

WITH CANCER AND NOW IS THE TIME

TO SWING FOR THE FENCES.

WHEN CANCER HIT MY FRIEND KEVIN

TOWERS, IT HIT ALL OF US.

HE IS MISSED BY HIS FRIENDS AND

HIS BASEBALL FANS FROM SAN DIEGO

AND BY ME.

JOIN THIS HISTORIC MOVEMENT AND

HELP MAKE THE NEXT LIFE-SAVING

BREAKTHROUGH POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

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THIS IS THE "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" HUB.

WILL BE COMING HERE THROUGHOUT

THE SHOW TO GIVE YOU A

BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT WHAT

EVERYONE IS UP TO AND YOU CAN

CHECK OUT EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND

BEHIND THE SCENES MOMENTS ON OUR

TWITTER AND YOUTUBE CHANNELS.

ED HELMS, TELL EVERYONE WHAT'S

GOING ON.

THIS IS WHERE ALL THE

EXCITEMENT IS HAPPENING AND I'M

GOING TO WANT YOU TO PUT THIS ON

ON.

PUT THAT ON.

GREAT.

CHECK IT OUT.

LOOK AT ALL OF THESE STARS HERE,

THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GO ON

STAGE.

THEY ARE OVER IN THE TWITCH

GAMING CORNER, THEY'RE ANSWERING

PHONES TO TAKE YOUR DONATIONS

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

CALLED THE NUMBER ON YOUR

SCREEN OR GO TO THE WEBSITE TO

GIVE.

100% OF YOUR DONATIONS RECEIVED

GO DIRECTLY TO CANCER RESEARCH

PROGRAMS.

EVERY DOLLAR HELPS SAVE LIVES.

IT'S GOING TO THE DOCTORS AND

SCIENTISTS ON THE FRONT LINES OF

THE BATTLE.

THEY ARE THE REAL-LIFE

SUPERHEROES.

NOT THE RIDICULOUS FAKE ONES IN

DUMB COSTUMES.

THIS LOOKS SO DOPE, LOOKING

GREAT.

LOVE IT.

THANK YOU.

AS A MOTHER OF THREE

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT CHILDREN,

ONE OF THE JOYS OF A PARENT IS

WATCHING THEM EXPERIENCE THE

WORLD.

I CANNOT IMAGINE WATCHING CANCER

ROBBED THEM OF THEIR PRECIOUS

CHILDHOOD.

MOTHERS DO.

IN CANADA, A MOTHER HEARD THOSE

DREADED WORDS, YOUR CHILD HAS

CANCER.

CAITLIN WAS BORN WITH A RARE

GENETIC CONDITION THAT MAKES HER

SUSCEPTIBLE TO RECURRENT CANCERS

AT AN EARLY AGE.

JUST BEFORE TURNING TEN.

TEN.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

COLON CANCER.

LATER IT SPREAD TO HER PANCREAS,

THEN TO HER CERVIX.

JUST AT A MOMENT WHEN GIRLS

SHOULD BE MAKING LIFELONG

MEMORIES, SHE WAS IN THE

HOSPITAL UNDERGOING MULTIPLE

SURGERIES.

THEY KEPT IT FROM ME BECAUSE

THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO RUIN MY

BIRTHDAY.

IT WAS THREE DAYS BEFORE MY

TENTH BIRTHDAY WE FOUND OUT.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

COLON CANCER, IN A CHILD UNDER

12 IT'S UNHEARD OF.

AFTER THE THIRD DIAGNOSIS WE

GOT TOLD THERE WAS NO WAY IT

WOULD BE WORKING AGAIN.

WHEN WE HEARD THAT, WE KNEW THIS

COULD BE THE END.

THAT'S WHEN MY CANCER DOCTOR

LOOKED INTO THIS TRIAL THAT I'M

ON.

I WANTED TO GIVE UP RIGHT BEFORE

I STARTED THIS TRIAL AND INTO

THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF IT, I

DIDN'T SEE A POINT TO DOING IT.

IT'S A FASCINATING STORY

BECAUSE IT STARTED WITH A RARE

CANCER, KIDS WHO HAVE THESE

MUTATIONS, THE TUMORS HAVE A LOT

OF MUTATIONS.

HYPER MUTATION IS TERRIBLE

BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT CANCERS

DON'T RESPOND TO CHEMOTHERAPY OR

RADIATION, THEY DON'T RESPOND TO

THE CURRENT THERAPIES.

CAITLIN IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE

OF THAT STORY OF HOW DOES THE

NEW THERAPY LIKE IMMUNOTHERAPY

COMPARED TO CHEMOTHERAPY?

SUDDENLY WITH A REMARKABLE

RESPONSES.

THEY DID AN MRI AND WE FOUND

OUT THAT THE TUMOR HAD SHRUNK

AND THAT WAS MY MOMENT OF MAYBE

THIS IS WORTH IT.

EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE

CHEMOTHERAPY'S AND SURGERIES,

SUDDENLY YOU HAVE THIS DRUG THAT

YOU GIVE WHEN EVERYBODY SAID

THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO AND

THIS IS WHERE "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" IS SO STRONG.

IT BECOMES FASTER AND MORE

SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR

EVERYBODY.

ALL THE DOCTORS IN THE HOSPITAL,

THE PATIENTS, THE USUAL SAD

STORIES BUT WE SEE THINGS WHICH

ARE REMARKABLE.

THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS,

THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I DOVE

INTO A DEPRESSED STATE AND I

WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING.

I HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS THAT WOULD

GIVE ME THE BOOST I NEEDED TO

GET THROUGH THINGS.

THEY WERE THERE TO SUPPORT ME

THROUGH IT.

MEMORIES NOW ARE PRICELESS.

HAVE TO TAKE THEM WHEN YOU CAN.

I CAN PICTURE A PROBLEM WITH

MY FRIENDS, GRADUATION.

THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO

CAITLIN'S MOST RECENT SCANS

SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF CANCER.

WE ARE SO GLAD THAT SHE AND HER

FAMILY ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE

THAT AMONG BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB

SQUIBB'S GENEROUS DONATION, THE

COMPANY IS SUPPORTING A NEW

PEDIATRIC "STAND UP TO CANCER"

CATALYST INITIATIVE.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THESE PROJECTS

WILL HELP ACCELERATE THE

DEVELOPMENT AND NEW TREATMENTS

FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

LIKE CAITLIN.

PLEASE, GIVE WHAT YOU CAN TO

HELP FUND MORE POTENTIALLY

LIFE-SAVING RESEARCH.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

I AM SO PROUD TO BE A

CANADIAN AND THAT MY HOME

COUNTRY IS PART OF THIS MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT.

CANADIANS HAVE A REPUTATION FOR

BEING POLITE, MAYBE A LITTLE TOO

POLITE BUT NOW WE ARE GETTING

PUSHY.

"STAND UP TO CANCER" CANADA IS

HELPING PUSHING THE SCIENCE TO

HELP PATIENTS FASTER THAN EVER

BEFORE.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WATCHING

TONIGHT ON OUR CANADIAN

SIMULCAST AND A BIG THANK YOU TO

ALL OF OUR GENEROUS CANADIAN

DONORS.

WITH THEIR HELP, CANADA IS

PIONEERING NEW ADVANCES IN

BREATH AND PROSTATE CANCER, STEM

CELL RESEARCH, AND INVITING

LETHAL BRAIN TUMORS

STAND UP WITH US, GIVE WHAT YOU

CAN, LET'S SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT

TONIGHT SO THE NEXT GREAT

BREAKTHROUGH CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW

TOMORROW.

SORRY FOR BEING PUSHY, WAS THAT

TO PUSHY?

I'M SORRY.

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DONATIONS ARE COMING IN AND

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET EXCLUSIVE

CONTENT AND DONATE ON OUR

FACEBOOK PAGE.

LOOK WHO JOINED US!

WE APOLOGIZE, YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP

WITH A WAY LIKE THIS TO SHOW

VIEWERS 100% OF THE MONEY

RECEIVED GOES DIRECTLY TO CANCER

RESEARCH PROGRAMS BUT WE AREN'T

SURE HOW TO DO IT.

I'VE GOT IT.

GIVE ME $100.

GIVE ME $200 AND A CREDIT CARD.

I THINK THERE'S A FANNY PACK.

THERE IS A FANNY PACK.

RIGHT HERE.

HOLD THIS.

I'M GIVING YOUR DONATION TO

THIS RESEARCH SCIENTIST AND 100%

OF THIS INVESTMENT GOES INTO A

NEW GROUND BREAKING TREATMENT.

YOUR DONATION IS MAKING A HUGE

DIFFERENCE.

GIVE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD NOT DO

THIS WITHOUT GENEROUS DONORS

LIKE MASTERCARD WHO ARE

COMMITTED TO TURNING TODAY'S

CANCER PATIENTS INTO TOMORROW'S

LONG-TERM SURVIVORS.

WHEN YOU USE YOUR MASTERCARD TO

DONATE, MASTERCARD WILL MATCH

WHAT YOU GIVE DOLLAR FOR $ UP TO

$1 MILLION.

THANK YOU MASTERCARD AND ALL OF

YOUR CARDHOLDERS FOR SHOWING US

THAT TOGETHER WE CAN START

SOMETHING PRICELESS.

ANYTHING TO ADD TO?

MY CREDIT CARD, I WOULD LIKE

MY EDIT CARD.

I'VE GOT TO GO, WE HAVE BIG

STARS OVER HERE I WANT TO SAY HI

HI.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

AND HE LOOKS A LOT LIKE MY

BROTHER, THE ONE IN THE CAVE?

IN 2008, A HANDFUL OF DREAMERS

FOUNDED "STAND UP TO CANCER."

A BEACON OF HOPE BASED ON ONE

GROUND BREAKING IDEA,

COLLABORATION.

THEY ASKED WHAT IF THEY COULD

GET THE BRIGHTEST MINDS IN

CANCER RESEARCH FROM AROUND THE

WORLD TO WORK TOGETHER.

BECAUSE YOU ANSWERED THEIR CALL

BY DONATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,

THE FIRST FIVE DREAM TEAMS CAME

TOGETHER.

THEY WORKED, THEY LIT THE PATH

FOR PROGRESS.

FIVE DREAMS BECAME TEN AND THEN

20 DREAM TEAMS.

BECAUSE OF YOU, WE NOW HAVE 79

TEAMS OF SCIENTISTS WORKING

TOGETHER ON EVERY TYPE OF CANCER

CANCER.

THEY HELPED LAUNCH NEW

THERAPIES, NEW TOOLS FOR

DIAGNOSIS, AND NEW TESTS FOR

EARLY DETECTION.

MORE FDA DRUG APPROVALS FOLLOWED

AND IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS FOR

PATIENTS WHO HAD NO OTHER HOPE.

THIS IS WHAT YOU BUILT.

THESE LIGHTS REPRESENT ALL THE

LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED AND

TOUCHED BY "STAND UP TO CANCER""

IT'S BECAUSE YOU STOOD UP THAT

THE WORLD IS A BRIGHTER, MORE

HOPEFUL PLACE.

LET'S KEEP THIS BRILLIANT LIGHT

SHINING FOR HOWEVER LONG IT

TAKES AND IN TURN EVERY CANCER

PATIENT INTO A LONG-TERM

SURVIVOR.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

"STAND UP TO CANCER" CAME AT

A VERY CRITICAL TIME.

EVERYONE WAS SILENT AND SHARING

DATA WAS A DIFFICULT THING.

OUR IDEA OF CANCER 13 YEARS

AGO IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE

ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

NOW WE CAN CREDIBLY SAY...

IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

DREAM TEAM IMMUNOTHERAPY.

TECHNOLOGIES IN GENETICS.

CLINICAL TRIALS.

AWARENESS.

HOPE.

IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

"STAND UP TO CANCER" ALLOWS

US TO TAKE CHANCES.

THEY BELIEVE IN OUR IDEAS IN

THERE OKAY WITH NOT ALL OF OUR

IDEAS WORKING TO GET THAT

SPECIAL ONE THAT WILL MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

IT STARTED IN 1971.

AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T THINK WE

HAD THE TOOLS TO CURE CANCER.

INVESTIGATORS WILL COLLABORATE

AND, REALLY JUST BEGINNING TO

HEAR RUMORS ABOUT IMMUNOTHERAPY.

OUR BELIEF IN WHICH THE

IMMUNE SYSTEM COULD DO WAS

ALWAYS BASED ON THE SCIENCE.

WHAT'S ACTUALLY CHANGED?

NOW WE CAN LOOK AT IT ON A

PERSONALIZED BASIS.

WERE NO LONGER LOOKING AT

CANCER, IT'S AT THE HOST.

AS MUCH AS THE CANCER IS ABLE TO

MUTATE AND EVOLVE, THE IMMUNE

SYSTEM IS ABLE TO DO IT TOO.

IMMUNOTHERAPY HAS TRANSFORMED

EXPECTATIONS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT

DEATH SENTENCE WE USED TO THINK

ABOUT.

WE DO HAVE THE TOOLS TO CURE

SOME CANCERS NOW.

ITS SCIENTISTS,

TECHNOLOGISTS, ADVOCATES,

PATIENTS WHO ARE ALL WORKING

TOGETHER.

"STAND UP TO CANCER" HAS MADE

TEAM SCIENCE THE NORM.

WERE IN A MOVEMENT.

THAT'S WHY "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" IS OUT THERE SHOUTING

"NOW, NOW, NOW, LET'S GO!"

PULSE

"YOU CAN'T PUT BOUNDARIESN"

WHAT WE CAN DO NOW BECAUSE WERE

LEARNING SO MUCH.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

WERE STARTING TO SEE THE

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

YOU GOT TO FIGHT MIGHT WITH

MIGHT.

I'M LOOKING AT AN AMAZING

ARSENAL OF DIVERSE WEAPONRY.

TARGETED THERAPY.

COMBINATION THERAPY.

GENOMICS.

PUSH IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IF WE CAN INTERCEPT CANCER,

THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK CAN

WE INTERCEPT NEURODEGENERATIVE

DISEASE.

WATCH WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN

TEAMS COME TOGETHER AND THEY'RE

FUNDED BY SOMEONE WHO CARES.

THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.

"STAND UP TO CANCER" START OF

THE REVOLUTION BUT IT'S AN

EVOLVING REVOLUTION.

WHY SHOULD I THINK THAT

ANYTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE NOW.

THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE GOT TO

MILLIONS OF CELLS AND THEN ONE

DIVIDES IN THE WRONG WAY, AND

THEN ANOTHER, THE NEXT TO YOU

KNOW CANCER.

BUT NOW WE'VE GOT THESE

SCIENTISTS USING OUR OWN CELLS

TO FIGHT AND KILL CANCER,

THEY'RE USING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM,

OUR DNA AND A NEW APPROACH TO

INTERCEPT CANCER CELLS BEFORE

THEY EVEN BECOME CANCEROUS.

EACH ADVANCE HAS A DOMINO EFFECT

WHICH BUILDS OUR ARSENAL TO

FIGHT ALL TYPES OF CANCERS.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU

AND OUR OTHER GENEROUS

SUPPORTERS AND COLLABORATORS.

PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER ON THE

SCREEN OR GO TO THE WEBSITE AND

GIVE.

[APPLAUSE]

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING

RIGHT NOW.

WILL MY DONATION MAKE A

DIFFERENCE?

WELL I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT

IT DOES.

EVERY CENT GETS US CLOSER TO

BEATING CANCER.

EVERY DOLLAR GOES TO NEW

TREATMENTS AND WHEN YOUR GIFT

GETS BOOSTED BY "STAND UP TO"

CANCER"'S MAJOR DONORS, LIVES

ARE SAVED.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

ABOUT.

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LET'S GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL

OF OUR MAJOR DONORS.

THESE COMPANIES AND

ORGANIZATIONS ARE FILLED WITH

PEOPLE WORKING NONSTOP TO END

THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.

CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR

GO TO THE WEBSITE NOW AND GIVE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

MY MOM WAS A FORCE, SHE WAS

WILD AND FUNNY.

SHE TOOK BOUNDARIES AND PUSH

THEM FURTHER THAN THEY WERE

MEANT TO BE PUSHED.

SHE WAS MY MUSIC THEN AND STILL

IS TODAY.

WHEN SHE DEVELOPED NON-HODGKIN'S

LYMPHOMA, SHE FOUGHT IT WITH

EVERYTHING SHE HAD.

SHE STARED CANCER DOWN AND WON.

EVERY YEAR ON HER BIRTHDAY I

WOULD SEND HER FLOWERS WITH A

NOTE THAT READ THANK YOU FOR

THIS AMAZING LIFE, THANK YOU FOR

THIS CHANCE.

TONIGHT, BECAUSE OF YOU, I STAND

HERE.

EVERYONE PLEASE STAND UP WITH

US, CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR

SCREEN, BE A FORCE TOO.

LET'S PUSH THE BOUNDARIES IN HER

NAME TONIGHT AND OFFER A WHOLE

BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS THAT

EXTENDED LIFE THAT WE ALL

DESERVE.

THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THIS IS MY DEAR FRIEND, ONE

OF MY BEST FRIENDS DEBORAH.

I WAS ALMOST DONE WITH ALL OF MY

TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER AND

I WAS FINALLY SEEING THE LIGHT

AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WHEN

DEBORAH WAS DIAGNOSED TOO.

IT WAS BRUTAL, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW

WE WOULD MANAGE.

WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EACH

OTHER IN THIS JOURNEY.

WE ARE WARRIOR SISTERS AND

PLEASE MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT,

THIS IS AN URGENT FIGHT.

WE NEED TO STAND UP TO CANCER,

WE NEED MORE CLINICAL TRIALS AND

THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS

DAILY FIGHT NEED YOU TO SUPPORT

THIS CRITICAL WORK.

BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING

TO BEAT CANCER, TOGETHER.

ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND AT

HOME STANDING TOGETHER ARM IN

ARM FOR THE ONES THAT WE LOVE

AND WE NEED IN OUR LIVES.

PLEASE CALL THE NUMBER ON

THIS SCREEN AND GIVE WHAT YOU

CAN, THANK YOU.

SEVEN YEARS AGO, I LOST MY

FATHER TO CANCER.

I MISS YOU EVERY DAY, DAD.

BECAUSE OF YOUR STUBBORN,

RADICALLY GENEROUS, AND A

FEARLESS SOUL I WILL ALWAYS

STAND UP FOR YOU.

HIS MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS

THE BEST ABUELA A GRANDDAUGHTER

COULD ASK FOR.

EVERY LATINA FAMILY REVOLVES

AROUND THEIR OWN SPECIAL ONE.

WHEN HE HEARD THE STORY OF AN

ABUELA IN ARIZONA IN A FIGHT OF.

HER LIFE, I WANTED TO MEET HER.

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I CAME HERE TO THE

UNITED STATES IN 1989 TO START A

NEW LIFE FOR ME AND MY KIDS.

WERE YOU EVER SCARED AND

THINKING WHAT I DOING?

I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

SEEING HER BECOME A TEACHER

WAS SHOWING ME WHAT A STRONG

WOMAN SHE WAS, SHE NEVER GAVE UP

UP.

FULL-TIME MOM, FULL-TIME

TEACHER.

SHE'S DOING EVERYTHING AT THE

SAME TIME.

I FELT A PAIN IN MY STOMACH

AND I STARTED SHAKING AND I HAD

CHILLS.

YOU HAD GONE TO SOME DOCTORS

SAYING IT HURTS.

I GET SCARED AND I SAY TO MY

HUSBAND WE HAVE TO GO TO THE

EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE I DON'T

LIKE HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.

THE DAY THAT SHE'S GOING TO

BE GETTING HER DIAGNOSIS WAS MY

LITTLE BOY'S BIRTHDAY.

THEY FOUND SOMETHING IN THE

PANCREAS.

IT WAS STAGE FOUR CANCER.

EVERYBODY WAS HERE, SOME OF

THEM WERE CRYING.

THEY MADE ME CRY TOO.

I TOLD THEM, I'M NOT GOING TO

WAIT TO DIE SITTING IN A CHAIR.

I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS, I'M

GOING TO DO IT.

THIS TRIAL CAME ABOUT BASED

UPON A CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMEN THAT

SHOWED 71% RESPONSE RATE IN

STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER

BUILT UPON RESEARCH DONE THROUGH

"STAND UP TO CANCER"

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WE FOUND CHEMOTHERAPY

REGIMENS THAT WORK AGAINST THE

DISEASE INSTEAD OF HAVING NO ONE

SURVIVE AT TWO YEARS, 40% OF

PEOPLE WERE SURVIVING.

THAT WAS WHEN I STARTED MY

FIRST TREATMENT.

I SAID I'M IN YOUR HANDS, I'M

GOING TO BE PRAYING.

THIS IS MY FIRST CHEMO,

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE.

SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE THREE

MONTHS TO LIVE AND NOW SHE'S

BEEN ALMOST TEN MONTHS ALREADY

WITH THIS TREATMENT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER

ENJOY LIFE MORE AND SEE MY KIDS

GROW SO SHE GETS TO SEE MORE FOR

THOSE MOMENTS.

I HAD MY HUSBAND AND MY

GRANDCHILDREN AND I ENJOYED LIFE

WITH THEM.

I CAN THINK YOU ENOUGH FOR

BEING THE WOMAN YOU'VE BEEN FOR

YOUR FAMILY, FOR BEING SUCH A

WARRIOR.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN

YOUR LIFE, YOU NEVER GIVE UP.

THIS IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ME.

I'M GOING TO LIVE.

[APPLAUSE]

LYDIA, HOW ARE YOU?

VERY GOOD, FANTASTIC.

YOU ARE A WARRIOR.

WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WE ARE HERE

BECAUSE WE WANT TO STAND UP FOR

YOU AND WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR

YOU AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS.

CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN

OR GO TO THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW

AND SUPPORT THIS EXTRAORDINARY

SCIENCE.

[APPLAUSE]

IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO

FIND SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE HASN'T

BEEN FOREVER CHANGED BY CANCER,

I KNOW MINE WAS.

I LOST MY HUSBAND TO

COLON CANCER 20 YEARS AGO.

TODAY OUR COLORECTAL CANCER

DREAM TEAMS ARE WORKING ON NEW

WAYS TO DETECT THE DISEASE THAT

TOOK HIS LIFE AT JUST 42.

I'M HERE STANDING UP FOR JAY AND

FOR MY SISTER EMILY.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH

PANCREATIC CANCER AND DIED IN

2001 AND LIKE JAY SHE HAD SO

MUCH MORE TO GIVE TO HER FAMILY

AND TO THE WORLD.

PANCREATIC CANCER PATIENTS NEED

OUR HELP AND ONE OF OUR MOST

GENEROUS DONORS HAS BECOME THEIR

FIERCEST ADVOCATE.

THE LEADING FUNDER OF PANCREATIC

CANCER RESEARCH IS DETERMINED TO

SAVE LIVES AND GIVE PATIENTS AND

FAMILIES HOPE.

OUR COLLABORATION HAS FUNDED

NINE PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH

TEAMS AND OF THE PANCREATIC

CANCER COLLECTIVE IS

ACCELERATING RESEARCH.

LATER THIS FALL, "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER" WILL PROVIDE MORE

FUNDING TO DEVELOP TREATMENTS

AND EXPAND THE USE OF AI OR

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP

IDENTIFY THOSE AT HIGH RISK.

PLEASE, STAND UP TO CANCER WITH

US AND CALL THE NUMBER ON THE

SCREEN OR GO TO THE WEBSITE AND

PLEASE GIVE.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

YOU'RE WATCHING "STAND UP TO"

CANCER"

."

THE DISCOVERIES THAT WILL

UNLOCK OUR ABILITY TO DEFEAT

CANCER ARE OUT THERE.

THEY ARE WAITING IN A PLACE THAT

EXISTS JUST BEYOND THE LIMITS OF

OUR UNDERSTANDING BUT THEY ARE

THERE.

EACH DAY, RESEARCHERS PUSH

FURTHER INTO THAT SPACE MAKING

NEW DISCOVERIES, AND BRINGING US

CLOSER TO THE MOMENT WHEN ALL

PATIENTS CAN BECOME SURVIVORS.

SOME DAYS RESEARCHERS TAKE SMALL

STEPS.

OTHERS, HUGE DISCOVERIES LEAD TO

GIANT LEAPS FORWARD.

THIS PROGRESS, BOTH SMALL STEPS

AND GIANT LEAPS HAPPENS WITH THE

HELP OF CLINICAL TRIALS.

CLINICAL TRIALS ARE A

FUNDAMENTAL PATH TO PROGRESS AND

OF THE BRIGHTEST TORCH

RESEARCHERS HAVE TO LIGHT THEIR

WAY TOWARD BETTER TREATMENT.

IF YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH

CANCER, THEY MAY BE YOUR

BRIGHTEST RAY OF HOPE.

THAT'S BECAUSE CLINICAL TRIALS

ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO TEST

CUTTING EDGE AND POTENTIALLY

LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS WHILE

GIVING PARTICIPANTS ACCESS TO

THE BEST POSSIBLE OPTIONS

AVAILABLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THESE

TRIALS ARE AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS

OF RECEIVING THE CARE THAT'S

RIGHT FOR YOU.

ONE THAT COULD HOLD THE KEY TO

EFFECTIVELY TREATING CANCER.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND

EXPLORING NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS

WHILE HELPING TO LIGHT THE PATH

FOR OTHER PATIENTS, CLINICAL

TRIALS MAY BE THE BEST CHOICE

FOR YOU

IT'S YOUR HEALTH AND YOU SHOULD

FEEL EMPOWERED TO SEEK OUT

INFORMATION ON THE BEST

TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR YOU.

SPEAK WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND VISIT

VISIT

STANDUP2CANCER.ORG/CLINICAL

TRIALS TO LEARN MORE.

YOU'VE HEARD MANY OF US TALK

ABOUT THE LIVES BEING SAVED

BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING MOVEMENT

AND THE SCIENCE IT'S

CHAMPIONING.

THAT'S NOT JUST THE PHRASE.

LOOK AT THESE TWO REMARKABLE

YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEY BOTH HAD ACUTE

LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA.

THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO

TRADITIONAL TREATMENT AND WORK

TERMINAL.

BUT THERE WAS A CLINICAL TRIAL

THAT USED A NEW KIND OF

IMMUNOTHERAPY CALLED CAR T.

IT TREATS KIDS BY MAKING THE

BODY'S OWN IMMUNE CELLS MORE

EFFECTIVE AT HUNTING DOWN AND

KILLING CANCER CELLS.

THE TRIAL WORKED FOR ONE CHILD

AND THEN "STAND UP TO CANCER" 'S

SAINT BALDRIC'S DREAM TEAM

RESEARCH HELPED SUPPORT FDA

APPROVAL FOR THIS TREATMENT TO

HELP MANY.

THIS IS EMILY WHITEHEAD.

SHE WAS THE FIRST PEDIATRIC

PATIENT TO RECEIVE THIS

REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT IN 2012

AND SHE RECENTLY HAD HER SIX

YEAR CHECKUP AND IS STILL CANCER

FREE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

THIS IS NICK WILKINS.

HE WAS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD WHEN

HE WAS DIAGNOSED.

IN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR OF

HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS ENTERED INTO

A CAR T TRIAL AND HE IS

CURRENTLY CANCER FREE AND A

STUDENT AT JAMES MADISON

UNIVERSITY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

EMILY AND NICK HAVE SOMETHING

THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE

INCREDIBLE DOCTORS AND

SCIENTISTS WHO TREATED THEM,

INCLUDING ONE OF THE DREAM TEAM

MEMBERS WHO IS HERE.

DR. SHANNON MAUD.

THANK YOU, I AM ALIVE TODAY

BECAUSE OF THE DREAM TEAM.

ALSO BIG SHOUT OUT TO DR. MIRUS

AND DR. MACKLE WHO COULDN'T BE

HERE TONIGHT.

WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I WOULDN'T

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND COLLEGE

THIS PAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR AND

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK TO MY

FRIENDS AND HANG OUT WITH THEM

ON A DAILY BASIS.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU DR. JUNE AND ALL OF

THE DREAM TEAMS.

THE EARLY DAYS WERE SCARY AND I

DON'T REMEMBER A LOT BUT NOW I'M

OKAY.

I LIKE TO HANG OUT WITH MY

FRIENDS AND I'M IN EIGHTH GRADE

BECAUSE OF YOU.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A FILMMAKER

SOMEDAY, THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

PLEASE DONATE NOW TO HELP

MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD DIAGNOSED

WITH CANCER WILL BECOME A

LONG-TERM SURVIVOR LIKE EMILY

AND NICK, THANK YOU.

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KEEP CALLING, BUT HE IS ARE

MANNING THE PHONE, OH, MY GOD,

!

WERE NOT REALLY MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER.

IT'S TV, NONE OF IT IS REAL,

JUST LIKE WHEN YOU PLAY A FAKE

DOCTOR ON TV.

HE IS A REAL DOCTOR.

BUT JUST BECAUSE I'M YOUR FAKE

MOM DOESN'T STOP ME FROM TELLING

YOU TO EAT YOUR VEGETABLES OR OR

OF MIND TO GET WE CAN BE BFFs.

STOP USING ABBREVIATIONS AND

CONVERSATIONS AND GET SCREENED

FOR CANCER.

SCREENING IS SO IMPORTANT,

TODAY MORE THAN 4,700 PEOPLE IN

THE UNITED STATES WERE DIAGNOSED

WITH CANCER AND THE KEY TO

TURNING THESE NEW PATIENTS INTO

LONG-TERM SURVIVORS IS CATCHING

IT EARLY.

THAT'S WHY LATER THIS YEAR

"STAND UP TO CANCER" IS A

SUPPORTING CANCER SCREENING WAKE

IT'S A GREAT PUBLIC HEALTH

INITIATIVE IN THE U.S.

CHECK OUT CANCER SCREEN WEEK.

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH YOUR

DOCTOR ABOUT THE NEED FOR SKIN

CHECKS, MAMMOGRAMS,

COLONOSCOPIES, AND PROSTATE

EXAMS.

PLEASE DONATE TO "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER," CALLED THE NUMBER ON

THE SCREEN.

IF THE LINES ARE BUSY, KEEP

TRYING.

MY GOD!

REMARKABLE PEOPLE LIKE

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN, ARETHA.

FRANKLIN, AND LAURA ZISKIN WHO

WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF "STAND"

UP TO CANCER."

1600 PEOPLE DIE FROM CANCER

EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY ARE

PASSING MAY NOT GET NATIONAL

ATTENTION WITH THE LOSS IS JUST

AS PAINFUL AND DEVOID JUST AS

DEEP.

PARENTS, CHILDREN, BEST FRIENDS,

COWORKERS, THEY ARE ALL AROUND

US BECAUSE CANCER TOUCHES US ALL

ALL.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF SOME

INCREDIBLE COMPANIES AND

ORGANIZATIONS WHO JOINED US TO

TAKE ON CANCER, MORE PEOPLE ARE

LIVING TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.

STAND UP FOR SOMETHING, STAND UP

TO CANCER.

[APPLAUSE]

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YOUR DONATION COULD TIP THE

SCALE FOR THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH

BUT IT CAN'T HAPPEN UNLESS YOU

CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR

GO ONLINE AND GIVE.

REMEMBER, 100% OF YOUR DONATIONS

RECEIVED GO DIRECTLY TO CANCER

RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

I MET THE TWITCH GAMING

CORNER WHERE SUPERSTARS ARE

PLAYING A FORTNIGHT.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

GAMING COMMUNITY TO RAISE MONEY

FOR "STAND UP TO CANCER."

WHY ARE YOU STILL IN THAT

COSTUME?

BECAUSE YOU AND ED TOLD ME TO

WHERE IT.

AND THE BOOTS?

THOSE ARE MINE.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

MARIA, HI.

WHY IS TONIGHT SO IMPORTANT FOR

YOU?

I'M HERE FOR MY MOM, SHE WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER IN

2016.

WE ACTUALLY WATCHED THIS SHOW

FROM OUR HOSPITAL BED AFTER

SURGERY AND IT GAVE US SO MUCH

HOPE.

A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO I

UNDERWENT AN EIGHT HOUR

OPERATION FOR MY BRAIN TUMOR.

LUCKILY WE'RE BOTH DOING WELL.

THANKS TO MY AMAZING DOCTORS,

HER DOCTORS AND DANA-FARBER,

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

NO ONE SUCCEEDS IN LIFE ALONE,

"STAND UP TO CANCER" HAS BEEN

INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER

RESEARCH AS ITS SCIENTIFIC

PARTNER FROM THE BEGINNING.

THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION

BRINGS SCIENTISTS TOGETHER AND

MAKE SURE FUNDING GIVES IT TO

THE BEST RESEARCH THAT WILL SAVE

LIVES NOW.

WITH DEDICATION, THE AMERICAN

ASSOCIATION FOR MY CANCER

RESEARCH MAKES IT ALL WORK.

GO TO THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN

TO GIVE.

EVERY BIT IS IMPORTANT.

THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT ONE

OF THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE THE MOST,

HOW DID THEY MAKE YOU FEEL?

DO THEY MAKE YOU FEEL STRONG

KNOWING THEY ARE HERE ON THIS

EARTH CHEERING YOU ON, PUSHING

YOU, CHALLENGING YOU TO DO RIGHT

RIGHT?

DO BETTER AND MORE FOR OTHERS?

DO THEY TELL YOU THE TRUTH WHEN

YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT?

THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON AND WHAT

THEY GIVE TO THIS LIFE.

NOW IMAGINE CANCER HAS GOT THEM

IN ITS INSIDIOUS GRIP.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL VULNERABLE AND

REMINDS YOU LIFE CAN CHANGE IN

AN INSTANT.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE

TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN

MADE, WE CANNOT FORGET WHAT

CANCER CONTINUES TO DO TO THE

ONES WE LOVE EVEN AS WE STAND

HERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHY FOR THOSE OF US WHO

CAN STAND UP WE MUST DO SO AND

STAND TALLER.

WE MUST CARE FOR THEM, SUPPORT

THEM, DO WHATEVER WE CAN FOR

THEM.

WE CANNOT REST UNTIL WE BREAK

CANCER IS BRUTAL GRIP.

THIS IS THE MOMENT TO REDOUBLE

OUR EFFORTS.

CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,

GO TO THE WEBSITE NOW.

STAND UP TO CANCER FOR SOMEONE

YOU LOVE.

TO MY BROTHER A.J., I LOVE YOU

MAN, THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING A

UNITED STATES MARINE FOR 23

YEARS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

SO WHEN I HEARD ABOUT ONE OF MY

FELLOW MARINES WHO WAS IN THE

BATTLE OF HIS LIFE, I WANTED TO

MEET HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND HEAR

HIS INCREDIBLE STORY.

HOW'S IT GOING?

NICE TO MEET YOU.

BRIAN AND I BOTH ARE MARINES,

YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU

ARE UNTIL YOU HAVE TO BE.

IN 2006, I NOTICED A MOLE ON

MY CHEST.

I WENT INTO THE FLEX SURGEON OF

MY SQUADRON AND PATHOLOGY

REVEALED THAT IT WAS MELANOMA.

I REMEMBERED THINKING YOU JUST

NEED TO CUT THIS OUT BECAUSE

I'VE GOT TO GO.

YEARS LATER, HE MENTIONED HE

FELT SWELLING IN HIS ARMPIT AND

I JUST KNEW IN MY HEART THAT IT

WAS THE MELANOMA COMING BACK.

DIAGNOSIS, STAGE THREE

MELANOMA.

AND I KNEW IF I WENT TO STAGE

FOUR, YOU GET 7-9 MONTH LIFE

EXPECTANCY.

HOW HAS THE JOURNEY BEEN FOR

YOUR KIDS?

AT THAT TIME, I'M LOOKING AT

A 1-YEAR-OLD SON AND I'M

THINKING WOULD HEAVE

HE HAVE AY

MEMORY OF ME?

THAT'S BEEN MY MOTIVATION FROM

DAY ONE.

I REALLY STARTED DOING A LOT OF

RESEARCH ON CLINICAL TRIALS.

I WAS GOING TO TRY AS MANY

DIFFERENT THINGS AS IT TOOK.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK

ABOUT IN THE MARINES AS YOU EVER

WANT TO KNOW WHO'S WINNING, JUST

ASK WHO HAS THE INITIATIVE.

FOR HIM TO HAVE RECEIVED SOME

OF THE STANDARD THERAPIES IN HIS

TUMOR STILL GREW, IT WAS CLEAR

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOVE

AND BEYOND.

WE TOOK T CELLS FROM HIS

BLOOD AND WE WERE ABLE TO

IDENTIFY SEVERAL BILLION IN

NUMBER AND GIVE THEM BACK TO HIM

HIM.

THE RESULTS WERE.

I MET A YEAR OF COMPLETE

STABILITY AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE

FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.

FUNDING "STAND UP TO CANCER"

PROVIDES IS CRITICAL.

THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE

DIFFERENCE.

IT HAS ALLOWED DOCTORS TO DO THE

RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE ARE AMAZING CANCER

CENTERS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS

COUNTRY AND EVERYWHERE I WENT IT

WAS ABOUT MY HEALTH AND MY

SURVIVAL.

I OWE MY LIFE TO THESE CLINICAL

TRIALS AND I DON'T THINK I WOULD

BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.

[APPLAUSE]

HOO-RAH, BRIAN.

LISTEN TO THIS AMAZING FACT

ABOUT BRIAN.

NOT ONLY IS HE IN THE FUNCTIONAL

REMISSION RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE

ARE STILL CIRCULATING T CELLS IN

HIS BLOOD.

SO WHEN A NEW LESION POPPED UP

IN HIS BRAIN, IT SPONTANEOUSLY

DISAPPEARED BECAUSE THOSE

REMAINING T CELLS ACTED LIKE A

VACCINE.

HE STILL GOT THOSE POWERFUL

SUCKERS IN HIS BLOOD RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU'RE IN THE FIGHT...

[APPLAUSE]

IF YOU'RE IN THE FIGHT FOLLOW

HIS LEAD AND SEEK OUT A CLINICAL

TRIAL.

GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND LEARN

MORE, START SEARCHING.

THESE TRIALS ARE CRITICAL AND

HELP THE SCIENCE ADVANCE FORWARD

IN A BIG WAY.

DO IT, ALL RIGHT?

WE ARE HERE, STANDING UP TO

CANCER WITH YOU.

AWESOME.

I'VE BEEN LUCKY.

MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO

SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGED ME

EVERY STEP OF MY JOURNEY FROM

LOUISIANA TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

MY NUMBER ONE WAS ALWAYS MY MOM,

MY BEST FRIEND.

I LOST MY MOM TO CANCER IN 2013

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

I MISS HER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SHE MISSED THE DAY I GOT

DRAFTED, SHE MISSED ME STARTING

MY ROOKIE YEAR, SHE MISSED EVERY

SINGLE MOMENT IN THE NFL.

I MISS HER HUG AND HER SMILE

AFTER EVERY GAME.

IT'S BECAUSE OF HER THAT I AM

WHERE I AM TODAY AND IF I HAD

ONE WISH, IT WOULD BE THAT I

COULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME WITH

HER.

THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING UP TO

CANCER BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT

YOU TAUGHT ME.

WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH, WE NEED

TO FIGHT, AND WE NEED TO FINISH

WHAT WE STARTED.

I'M DAK PRESCOTT, AND I STAND UP

TO CANCER.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

EVERY DAY WERE GETTING CLOSER

TO WHEN EVERY CANCER PATIENT CAN

BECOME A LONG-TERM SURVIVOR.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT IN YOUR

LIFETIME WE NEED YOU TO STAND UP

WITH US, GIVE WHAT YOU CAN, CALL

THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.

STAND UP WITH US AND ONE DAY

SOON WE WILL ALL GET THE NEWS WE

WANT TO HEAR ABOUT CANCER.

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CANCER HAS FINALLY BEEN CURED

CURED.

IT'S BEEN CURED!

YOU JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS A

GUY WHO WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH

TERMINAL CANCER TWO DAYS AGO

WHO'S LIKE OH, MAN, I REALLY

SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD MY BOSS WHAT

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HIM.

NOW THAT CANCER IS FINALLY A

TREATABLE DISEASE THERE'S GOING

TO BE AN EMPTY SPACE IN OUR

COLLECTIVE PSYCHE WERE ALL THOSE

CANCER-RELATED ANXIETIES USED TO

BE.

LUCKILY WE CAN ALWAYS REPLACE

THOSE WORRIES WITH NEW ONES LIKE

FOR EXAMPLE THE FEAR THAT

SPIDERS WILL CRAWL INTO OUR

MOUTHS WHILE WERE ASLEEP WHICH

IS PERSISTENTLY TERRIFYING

THOUGHT BUT ALSO A CRUCIAL

SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR BEACONS.

NOW THAT CANCER IS NO LONGER

A PROBLEM, WE, WE AS A SIDE HE

CAN TURN OUR ATTENTION TO

FIGHTING THE NEXT BIGGEST THREAT

TO THE WORLD.

I'M SPEAKING OF COURSE ABOUT TOM

HANKS.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT HE

DID.

IF WE ALL KNOW, YOU'LL FINALLY

PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK GOD WE FINALLY HAVE

SOMETHING NEW TO REPLACE THE

EXPRESSION THE BEST THING SINCE

SLICED BREAD.

ON THE TIMELINE OF BEST THINGS,

WE HAVE SLICED BREAD HERE, AND

NOW WAY OVER HERE IS CURING

CANCER.

TO CANCER I SAY THIS, GOOD

RIDDANCE!

GOOD RIDDANCE TO YOU!

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THIS

HOUR WITH US, THANK YOU FOR

STANDING WITH US.

YOU WERE THERE TEN YEARS AGO AT

THE BEGINNING OF "STAND UP TO"

"CANCER," I KNOW YOU'LL BE WITH

US TOMORROW.

BECAUSE OF YOU WILL KEEP MAKING

THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.

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I BELIEVE THAT IF WE JUST

BEGIN TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND IF

WE TRULY MAKE LOVE GREAT

AGAIN... BECAUSE OF LOVE WILL

FIND THAT CURE TO CANCER.

LET'S STAND UP TO CANCER AND WE

WILL SUCCEED.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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