Walk To End Pancreatic Cancer In Parsippany

From Purple Stride NJ: Thousands will walk to end pancreatic cancer, the world’s toughest cancer, at PurpleStride New Jersey on Nov. 12 at the Mack Cali Corporate Complex at 9 a.m. The community event, which is in its eighth year of existence, is hosted by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) New Jersey Affiliate.

The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 9 percent. In order to save lives and double survival by 2020, PanCAN urges the community to join PurpleStride. Funds raised through the event support critical research, clinical initiatives and patient services, including Know Your Tumor®, Precision PromiseSM,Clinical Trial Finder and the Patient Registry.

Sandi Field, affiliate chair of the PanCAN New Jersey Affiliate, lost her mother to pancreatic cancer. She has made it her personal mission to improve patient outcomes.

“The only way to improve outcomes and extend lives is through research, which comes at a cost,” Field said. “PurpleStride gives us the opportunity to raise the vital funds and awareness needed to tackle this disease and find a cure.”

PurpleStride New Jersey will take place at the Mack Cali Complex located 1 Campus Drive in Parsippany and will be hosted by ABC 7’s Eyewitness News “This Morning” anchor Ken Rosato. The event is supported by national presenting sponsor Celgene; national gold sponsor AbbVie, gold sponsor Ipsen Group and gold media sponsors WABC-TV, WCBS NewsRadio 880 and WFAN Sports Radio.

To register, donate or learn more about PurpleStride New Jersey, please visit purplestride.org/newjersey.

To learn more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its signature walk PurpleStride, watch the PurpleStride PSA and the organization’s PSA. Follow PanCAN on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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