PurpleStride Austin

The Austin Affiliate is also pleased to announce Purple Stride Austin, which is a 5K timed run or untimed run/walk taking place on September 25th, 2010.

This community event, planned entirely by local volunteers, will be taking place at the Hill Country Galleria. Children and pets are welcome at this family friendly event. To register, visit www.purplestride.org.

Pancreatic Cancer has the highest mortality among leading cancer killers and has claimed the lives of many public figures, including actor Patrick Swayze, former American Medical Association President Dr. Ron Davis, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Dr. Randy Pausch, actor Michael Landon, opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, famed journalist Dith Pran, former ambassador to Bosnia Dick Sklar, and NFL Players Association President Gene Upshaw. More recently, UT Coach Mack Brown’s mother was lost to this disease.

This year, over 42,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and over 35,000 will die. The five-year survival rate is less than 5 percent and has remained largely unchanged in the last thirty years because early detection tools and effective treatments have yet to be developed. Despite these sobering statistics, less than 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute’s federal research funding is currently allocated to pancreatic cancer.

To learn more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the Austin affiliate, visit www.pancan.org.

Contact: Mandy West
Contact Phone: 512-422-5695
Event Site: Web site
Registration: Registration site

Last Modified: 5/20/2010

Contact: Mandy West (512)422-5695 awest@pancanvolunteer.org
Event Website: http://www.pancan.org
Registration Website: http://www.pancan.org
Address: Hill Country Galleria, Bee Cave, Texas, USA

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