Your ACS Dollars At Work

The ACS Staff shared this list with the DetermiNation Committee at our February meeting and I had to share.  It lists the costs of items the ACS provides to the community and it really helps provide a sense of where our research dollars are going.

I know many in the caregiving community know about the "cost of cancer" firsthand.

This is also a great list for people who are considering supporting DNation athletes with a donation.

When you send out emails asking your friends for support, show them this list and ask them to support the ACS with a box of latex gloves or a case of petri dishes for cancer research.

Your Gifts to the ACS at Work

·         $12 – Books like “The Long and Short of It” that help childhood cancer patients cope with the loss of hair during treatment 

·         $25-$45 - Cost of an interpreter for a 10-minute call to 1.800.ACS.2345 (NCIC)

·         $60 - 1 case of latex gloves

·         $120 - 1 case of 144 Petri dishes

·         $150 - 6 glass Erlenmeyer flasks, which allow researchers to mix and/or store different substances, including potentially beneficial drugs, to discover their cancer-related effect

·         $200 - 1 package of 50 sheets of X-ray film

·         $250 - 83 hours of toll-free access to the NCIC

·         $300 – 2 wigs for cancer patients experiencing hair loss due to chemotherapy treatment

·         $350 - 1 Gel Box, which researchers use to isolate DNA and identify differences that may impact cancer diagnosis or treatment

·         $400 – Wig styling with certified cosmetologist for 8 women after their loss of hair. 

·         $500 - Reach to Recovery visits to 5 women

·         $600 – 2000 test tubes used in all facets of cancer research

·         $750 -- 12 round trips for 1 patient via the Road to Recovery program

·         $800 - Cost of Look Good...Feel Better consultations for 4 women

·         $1,000 - Hope Lodge - Expenses for 1 patient for one day

·         $2,000 - 1 new microscope

·         $3,000 - Expenses for 1 patient in an American Cancer Society funded clinical trial

·         $5,000 - Dividing DNA taken from 1,200 cases during the American Cancer Society's Prevention Study 3, which helps researchers understand the genetics of cancer

·         $7,000 – 20 breast prosthetics for patients who have received a lumpectomy or mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis. 

·         $10,000 - Develop and produce 1 new web cast story for the Cancer Survivors Network

·         $13,000 – 1000 Personal Health Managers for patients to keep track of all diagnosis, insurance and medical information. 

·         $24,000 - Tell A Friend Materials translated into 4 Asian Languages

·         $100,000 - Behavioral Research Center - 1 Study

·         $885,000 – 3 year Prostate and Colorectal Cancer Survival Study Grant in affect at the University of Chicago from 2010 until 2013