Alexandria Cancer Survivor Holds 24-Hour Stand Up To Cancer Fundraiser

ALEXANDRIA, VA — For the ninth year, an Alexandria cancer survivor will host a 24-hour Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser Friday to Saturday.

The ninth annual fundraiser marks Pat Malone's nine years of surviving cancer. Malone, also a 20-year Air Force veteran, was faced with a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, a rare form of cancer involving the lining of nerves. On Feb. 11, 2014, Malone underwent surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

With the surgery and 29 subsequent rounds of radiation at the Radiation Oncology Clinic at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Malone beat the rare cancer. Nine years later after the surgery, Malone is cancer free and in good health.

Malon's annual Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser is his way of paying it forward to the doctors, nurses, and medical technicians at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital who have helped him and other military service members, civilians and their families. All donations made to Stand Up To Cancer will go directly to cancer research.

Malone's fundraiser page is available here.

The 24-hour fundraiser will begin at 4:26 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 and end at 4:26 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Fire Works American Pizzeria & Bar, 2350 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA. The 4:26 p.m. time represents when Malone woke up after seven hours of surgery. Fire Works Arlington Courthouse will remain open beyond its normal hours for the fundraiser.