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Norman Todd is hoping to play a role in helping future patients discover his same quality of life by taking part in a Foundation-funded clinical trial. “I appreciate all that the people who went before me did to help develop new treatments, and I want to do what I can to help someone else in the future.” Continue Reading

Norman Todd

When Calvin Pettitt found himself out of breath after climbing the stairs, he bought some workout clothes and shoes, and then started walking. The weight started dropping fast—too fast. It was kidney cancer. “My grandfather and my mom both died of cancer. I thought it was a death sentence.” With God, his extended family and the team at Illinois CancerCare by his side, Calvin proved it’s not. He had his kidney removed, joined a clinical trial and now feels good enough to start taking laps around the track once more. Continue Reading

Calvin Pettitt

Dust Control Technology sponsors Cancer Benefit at Minexpo 2012

Dust Boss

The Illinois CancerCare Foundation (Peoria, IL) will be the recipient of a benefit effort that was featured at the world’s largest mining trade show, as Dust Control Technology announced the introduction of its newest equipment design. The company displayed the massive DustBossTM DB-100 at MINExpo 2012, with one specially-painted model available for sale. All profits from that unit will be donated in honor of Barry Brown, a founding partner of DCT who lost his battle with cancer in 2010.

“The DB-100 dust suppressor was actually an idea Barry envisioned some time ago for mining and coal handling applications,” explained CEO Edwin Peterson. “He had the vision to create a mine-grade open-pit dust suppression design that was extremely powerful and exceptionally reliable. Although he didn’t get to see it built, it seems fitting that we should honor him when this first unit is sold.”

Engineered specifically to deliver the power to reach the working face of open-pit mines and quarries, the unit is the largest DustBoss ever designed. With its mu
About the Foundationscular 60 HP motor, the DB-100 can throw a dust-trapping atomized mist more than 100 meters, giving the machine a coverage area of an incredible 280,000 square feet. To put that in perspective, one machine could cover six football fields, and three machines could handle virtually the entire exhibit space of MINExpo 2012 (850,000 square feet).

The Illinois CancerCare Foundation helps bring the latest nationally renowned clinical cancer research trials to central Illinois – giving cancer patients and their families greater access to advanced treatment options. Some of the latest standards in cancer treatment used around the world are a result of trials that have taken place in the greater Peoria area.

Recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology as one of the top ten community research centers in the U.S., Illinois CancerCare delivers leading-edge patient care and participates in nationwide studies on cancer and blood diseases. Illinois CancerCare is a comprehensive practice, providing compassionate, state-of-the-art treatment that enhances the lives of patients and their families. As one of the largest private oncology practices in the nation, the organization’s focus is on staying at the leading edge of breakthrough research and medicines.

Physicians at Illinois CancerCare collaborate with leading research institutions across the country. The clinical trials offered locally are often conducted in partnership with the largest research institutions in the U.S., including Mayo Clinic, MD Anderson, and Sloan Kettering. The goal of the Illinois CancerCare Foundation is simple: expand the number of patients enrolling in these trials, regardless of the level of federal funding available, to discover better treatment and therapy options and ultimately cures for many types of cancers.

Held September 24-26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, MINExpo featured more than 1800 exhibitors in twelve exhibit halls, displaying the latest technology, equipment, components and services for exploration, extraction, safety, environmental remediation and processing of metallic ores, coal and industrial minerals.