Since this was discussed recently about how much was raised at Stand Up, I though I would get some of the most current numbers for all of you. Just so there is some perspective on how much money is spent EACH YEAR on cancer research in the US ALONE, in 2006 the number was $206.3 billion. A major portion of this is your tax dollars via the NIH/NCI, followed by private funding. I can't begin to tell you what a miniscule part of that had to do with head and neck cancers. I haven't calculated it, but the number (as a percentage of total) I can guarantee you, BEGINS with a decimal point and has at lest three digits in it, the first being a zero.....

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.