Empire State Experience has fueled its share of vital most cancers analysis over the occasion’s 12-year historical past. From producing seed funding for brand spanking new concepts on the way to deal with most cancers to enabling breakthrough remedies like SurVaxM, a mind most cancers vaccine, funding from this occasion has moved the needle on how we deal with most cancers, bringing hope to sufferers in every single place. Riders play a serious position in making these advances doable, every elevating $3,500 or extra for the trigger. Since ESR’s inception, this has led to a collective $12 million raised for the mission to finish most cancers (and counting!).
Then there’s the small however dedicated group of Excelsior riders who go above and past the decision of responsibility every year, elevating an unbelievable $20,000 or extra. Funds from these riders are pooled and designated to advance one promising new analysis research. In 2025, Excelsior riders funded a analysis research from Agnes Witkiewicz, MD, Director of Superior Tissue Imaging at Roswell Park. This research, entitled “Multi-Pronged Therapeutic Focusing on of Pancreatic Most cancers” explores a multidimensional, focused method to treating pancreatic most cancers, a most cancers that’s notoriously onerous to deal with and anticipated to develop into the second main reason for most cancers deaths by 2030.
