You are invited to the free virtual education event, High Five to HIPEC: Finding Hope and Health with Peritoneal Cancer. This event is hosted by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in partnership with the ACPMP Research Foundation and PMP Pals, for patients and survivors with peritoneal cancers and their caregivers. During the...

Our most loved and best attended event is BACK and registration is OPEN! Join us virtually for our 16th Annual Appendix Cancer Awareness Walk. Anyone can participate by walking or running between June 11 -19th anywhere in the world to help raise funds and awareness for appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). We walk each year to provide hope and...

Save The Date! Join the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP) Research Foundation for a fun event with the Bowie Baysox minor league baseball team in Bowie, Maryland on Saturday, May 28, 2022. All 40 FREE tickets have been spoken for, but you can still purchase tickets for the game! Purchase tickets HERE! ACPMP will be seated in Section 204 (rows L,...

Monday, February 28th will once again mark Rare Disease Day, a global campaign to raise awareness about the more than 7,000 rare diseases - including appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). A rare disease is considered to be a disease that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US at any given time. Approximately 1 in 5 people living with...

Want to meet up with fellow appendix cancer/PMP patients and caregivers in YOUR local area? "Appendix Cancer Allies" is a new program enabling patients and caregivers to connect locally and create community. ACPMP and members of our Patient Advisory Council will coordinate local gatherings, first virtually and eventually safely in person, for patients and caregivers to create local networks, provide support, and share information with...

What is Team Morgan? We are honoring the beautiful life of Heather Morgan through Team Morgan. Heather was diagnosed with Appendix Cancer/PMP in September 2020 and after fighting a long hard battle of chemotherapy and multiple complex surgeries, she sadly passed away on December 2nd. We stood by her side as she faced this disease with strength, hope and humor. We hope you can...

Lee Johnson is a senior place kicker for his high school, Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia. His uncle was recently diagnosed with appendix cancer and he hopes to raise money to help find a cure for appendix cancer because it is a rare form of cancer and there is not much research. The ACPMP Research Foundation is the only nonprofit organization completely...

RECORDINGS NOW AVAILABLE! The Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP) Research Foundation, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, University of Chicago Medicine and University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute will host a virtual Appendix Cancer Survivorship Symposium on Friday, October 15, 2021 from 10am - 4pm ET. This event is free and open to all! Can't attend live? No worries. The event...

Want to meet up with fellow appendix cancer/PMP patients and caregivers in YOUR local area? "Appendix Cancer Allies" is a new program enabling patients and caregivers to connect locally and create community. ACPMP and members of our Patient Advisory Council will coordinate local gatherings, first virtually and eventually safely in person, for patients and caregivers to create local networks, provide support, and share information with...

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