Giving Tuesday 2023 supporting Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN)
Giving Tuesday 2023
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Giving Tuesday 2023 supporting Esophageal Cancer Action Network (ECAN)
About ECAN
ECAN’s MISSION is to SAVE LIVES by increasing awareness about the link between Reflux Disease and Cancer, promoting early detection, supporting medical innovation to prevent, detect, treat and cure Esophageal Cancer and linking patients and families to compassionate support.
For the past four years, nearly $20 million in new Esophageal Cancer research funding has been awarded thanks to ECAN and thousands of our supporters. Our advocacy has convinced Congress to include Esophageal Cancer in a multi-million dollar cancer research fund and we expect to receive even more funding in 2025!
ECAN’s Board of Directors is comprised of top medical professionals, business leaders, and families that have been touched by Esophageal Cancer. A national non-profit organization, based in Baltimore, Maryland, ECAN provides patients and families with up-to-date information about medical research and guidelines, support during their journey, tools to raise awareness and a chance to advocate for improvements that will increase survival and quality of life for patients - and prevent the rapid increase of this disease in the future.
About Esophageal Cancer
Deadly: One 1 out of 5 patients diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer in the US will survive 5 years | Esophageal Cancer is the #7 Cancer Killer of Men in the United States | Most is discovered at late stages, when treatment is rarely successful.
Most Often Caused by Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Most EC in the US is Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (74%) caused by Reflux Disease | Esophageal Adenocarcinoma increased 700% over the past 35 years in the U.S. | Esophageal Adenocarcinoma is the fastest increasing cancer among American men | Squamous Cell Carcinoma which is usually linked to smoking or drinking causes 26%.
Preventable: Barrett’s Esophagus is the only known precursor to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma | Barrett’s Esophagus is caused by GERD, but the condition itself causes no symptoms | Barrett’s Esophagus can be treated and eliminated, thereby preventing progression to Esophageal Cancer | More than a Million Americans Estimated to be Unaware they Have Barrett’s Esophagus.
Largely Ignored: Lack of Awareness - Only 14% of Americans know that GERD can lead to cancer | Lack of Screening - No Esophageal Cancer screening protocol in the U.S. | Lack of Research Funding - Esophageal Cancer causes 2.6% of US cancer deaths, but receives just .5% of the Federal Cancer Research Budget.
Your action now can save the lives of those at risk for Esophageal Cancer!
ECAN family members like you have already achieved great goals - like
- advocacy that resulted in more than $15 million in new Esophageal Cancer research funding
- convincing the National Cancer Institute to include Esophageal Cancer in its groundbreaking genome mapping project that has led to new immunotherapies for Esophageal Cancer patients,
- starting Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month and sharing its life-saving message around the world
- ... and so much more!
But we still have far to go to end Esophageal Cancer!
Here is what you accomplish when you join us this Giving Tuesday:
- You fight for millions in research funding to end Esophageal Cancer
- You educate the public that Heartburn can cause Esophageal Cancer
- You spearhead efforts to stem the increasing Esophageal Cancer diagnoses among young people
- You support patients and families through their Esophageal Cancer journey
- You provide patients and caregivers important updates from the nation's top experts