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Dr. John Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute

"We depend in our major universities, in our scientific institutes on a variety of sources of funding to carry out these projects and foundations like the Canary Foundation are just an integral part of that. It's wonderful that someone like Don Listwin would take that on as a passion and would not just write the check, but he is very hands on and is right in there helping to think about the problems and help us to make good choices and I think that's as important as the resources in many cases."

Beverly S. Mitchell, MD, Director, Stanford Cancer Center

"Early detection remains one of the most important ways to reduce the impact of cancer. Yet for many cancers, there remain no accurate tools or tests for detecting the disease before it spreads. Support from the Canary Foundation provides critical resources to explore the most novel approaches for improving our ability to detect and treat cancer at its earliest stage. The Stanford Cancer Center is delighted to be part of this important effort."

Sanjiv Gambhir

"The new Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection at Stanford will be the first facility of its kind to bring together scientists from the fields of blood based diagnostics with molecular imaging diagnostics. We will imagine, invent and innovate."

John Hennessy, President of Stanford University

"Throughout Stanford's history, we have recognized the importance of medical research and education and its role in serving the public, and today the Stanford medical community is a leader in cancer research. We are very grateful to the Canary Foundation for this gift establishing the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection. It will enable researchers to focus on early discovery, saving lives and benefiting many in the greater community."

Don Listwin, founder and chairman of Canary Foundation.

"With the establishment of Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection, we've realized our goal in building the first integrated facility that can attract and develop the best minds in the world to tackle the problem of cancer early detection," said "The facility is a part of our vision for the future - the one we're working towards - where one day most cancers will be detected early and eliminated."

Philip A. Pizzo, MD, dean of Stanford's School of Medicine.

"The Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection will exploit Stanford's unique technologies and innovations in order to accelerate new and improved tools for detecting the onset of cancer. Early detection can greatly increase the odds of successful cancer treatment, and I am deeply grateful to Canary Foundation and its supporters for their commitment to our shared goal - to improve cancer detection and survivorship."

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