Tower Cancer Research consistently outperforms many top tier university affiliated research efforts in one critical way: Every designated dollar donated for research funds research. It’s that simple. When donors approach Tower, we can confidently assure them that if...
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Here and Now
At Tower Cancer Research Foundation, our mission is deeply rooted in place. Southern California is our home, and our focus is on supporting breakthrough research and providing direct aid to those undergoing treatment right here. So when wildfires erupted in Los...
The Alchemy of Survivorship
Successful cancer treatment is science + a range of variables that might collectively be called good luck: How one body responds to a treatment, the environment, timing, and, yes, even chance. Survivorship, however, is something more akin to alchemy. It is the fact of...
The Promise of Integrated Cancer Research
Tower Cancer Research Foundation's giving power over the past year is pacing with the remarkable rate of breakthroughs and approvals of innovations in cancer research. In the coming year, Tower will fund seven researchers, as the foundation’s fundraising has grown by...
#GivingTuesday 2024
This year has been a whirlwind of events, innovative systems and new positions to sustain the future of the Foundation. This year, we have re-evaluated transparency, new efficiencies and honest awareness of practice. We have scrutinized our purpose and articulated...
Gratitude for the Greats
One of cancer’s toughest challenges for patients and researchers is triple negative breast cancer. Living with TNBC can be grueling, treating it is difficult, figuring out how to end it is truly an epic scientific quest. Triple negative breast cancer, or TNBC, is...
What Are You GLAD For?
As the days grow shorter and winter approaches, I find myself thinking about what I hope to achieve as the year winds down, starting to plan for the seasonal holidays that will bring friends and family together, and, overall, filled with a sense of appreciation and...
Our Community
The power and relevance of Tower Cancer Research Foundation is consistent for one primary reason: Tower Cancer knows and cares about our community. Since Tower Cancer’s founding, the focus on Southern California scientific leaders, cancer solutions and patient care...