30 August 2007 - Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, The Regent Singapore and the Singapore Cancer Society today announced at their Grants Awards Ceremony, the awarding of four grants to cancer research projects from National University Hospital, National University of Singapore and National Cancer Centre Singapore. $302,596.05 in grant funding was raised during the Run for Hope last year.
The recipients of this year’s grants are:
Dr Aung Lele, Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital Research project: Childhood cancer: The Hidden Medical and non-medical costs and it’s impact on the family Amount Awarded:$40,000.00
Dr Tang Bor Luen, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore Research project : Investigations on the role of brain-enriched small GTPases in brain cancer Amount Awarded: $25,000.00
Dr Zhang Daohai, Department of Pathology, National University of Singapore Research Project : Oncogenic role and molecular mechanisms of ERP29 in breast cancer Amount Awarded:$98,600.00
Dr Wong Nan Soon, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore Research Project : Randomised Phase II study of neoadjuvant weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin (study arm) compared to weekly paclitaxel alone
(standard arm) followed in both arms by standard doxorubicin and
cyclophosphamide for operable or locally advanced basal-like subtype breast cancer Amount Awarded:$91,848.00
The funds for the grants were raised at Run for Hope 2006, at which over 6,000 people participated. Each year since 1993, The Regent Singapore, the Four Seasons Hotel and the Singapore Cancer Society, with the support of the Canadian High Commission, have organized the charity run to raise much-needed funds for cutting-edge cancer research in Singapore. Their inspiration comes from the courageous story of Terry Fox, a Canadian teenager, who despite an amputated leg due to bone cancer ran a 'marathon of hope' across Canada to raise funds for cancer research. Terry ran an equivalent of one entire marathon a day (42 km) for 143 days, when he was forced to stop running because the cancer had spread to the rest of his body.
