Common performs onstage, December 2020 (Getty Images)

Com­mon, Jamie Foxx among celebs stand­ing up for clin­i­cal tri­als in star-stud­ded can­cer group's pan­dem­ic push

Health­care screen­ings and clin­i­cal tri­al en­roll­ment were bat­tered by the pan­dem­ic. But the well-known celebri­ty-backed Stand Up To Can­cer non-prof­it, along with phar­ma and ad­vo­ca­cy part­ners, has been work­ing to re­verse that and make up lost ground, by step­ping up aware­ness cam­paigns.

Twelve cam­paigns launched in 2020 and an­oth­er five in 2021 am­pli­fy the need for can­cer screen­ing and care, es­pe­cial­ly for un­der­served com­mu­ni­ties. While phar­ma com­pa­nies have long been donors to the can­cer re­search group, Covid brought new sup­port — and in­creased aware­ness ef­forts.

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