Country singing stars GARTH BROOKS and TRISHA YEARWOOD visited last week to help raise nearly $1 million for the WOMEN’S CANCER CENTER at Stanford. The program, part of the Stanford Cancer Center, involves some 80 faculty and staff in a comprehensive effort to improve survival and cure rates for breast and gynecologic cancers.
The two stars flew in from their home in Oklahoma to perform a half-hour set and to talk about their passion for the issue of women’s health.
“The Stanford Women’s Cancer Center is for our mothers, our sisters, our daughters and all of us who love them,” the couple told about 300 guests at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club. “We are honored to be able to share in the celebration of this vision coming to life.”
Current proposals call for conversion of space in the Blake Wilbur Building across the street from the Stanford Cancer Center to provide centralized clinical care for women with breast and gynecologic cancers. The 13,800-square-foot space will serve as the new home for the Women’s Cancer Center, doubling the existing clinical space for patients with these cancers. The center is expected to be completed next summer.
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