Fellow TakePart blogger Gina alerted us about Stand Up to Cancer back when the news broke,  but as the date approaches here’s more. Stand Up to Cancer, The Show, will be coming to a television near you the evening of Friday, September 5th. Major television networks ABC, CBS and NBC will all be running this hour long history-making, interactive special, uniting the country against the deadly disease.

The broadcast will include over fifty of the biggest stars from film, television, music & sports manning the phone bank to take viewer donations. Segments from celebrity-journalists such as Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charles Gibson will inform the viewing public about cancer and the current state of research. Stand Up to Cancer also plans to auction off video chats with celebrities with all proceeds going toward cancer research.

On the research front, Stand Up to Cancer is setting up collaborations of some of the leading medical scientists on earth, synergistic efforts, or “Dream Teams” of doctors if you will, that would have been impossible before this major research push. Stand Up To Cancer monies will also be used for some high-risk, high-impact cancer research proposals, which are often not supported by conventional funding sources.

You can takepart in learning more about the fight against cancer right now by checking out the website of the American Association for Cancer Research, Stand Up to Cancer’s research partner organization who’ll be administering all research funds made through this historic effort.

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FOX Business: ABC, CBS, NBC Announce Historic Collaboration to ‘Stand Up To Cancer’

ABC News: ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ with News Anchors

MSNBC Health: 3 News Anchors Team Against Cancer