Causes: Cancer, Health, Philanthropy, Public Foundations

Mission: ACPMP is dedicated to (1) funding research to find a cure for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP), Appendix Cancer, and related Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM), and (2) funding educational programs to educate physicians and patients about these diseases.

Results: The ACPMP Research Foundation has awarded $1,300,000 in the form of twenty-seven research grants since its founding in 2009.ACPMP also funds physician scholarships to applicable medical symposiums and conferences. ACPMP sponsors and plans educational symposiums for patients and physicians to learn more about appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Target demographics: Those affected by appendix cancer/pseudomyxoma peritonei

Direct beneficiaries per year: Four medical researchers by funding $50,000, two-year grants.

Geographic areas served: Global

Programs: Awarded and funded over one million dollars for research grants into the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei. participation/sponsorship - pmp/appendiceal cancer symposia at University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester, MA; PSOGI International in Amsterdam and Washington, DC, ; Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA; Edward/Elmhurst Hospital in Naperville, IL and UCSD in San Diego, CA

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