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Terry Fox Foundation
The foundation that grew out of Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope; with the Terry Fox Research Institute it funds cancer research across Canada from the annual Terry Fox Run.
Also called: Terry Fox Research InstituteTFRI
Overview
The Terry Fox Foundation carries on the Marathon of Hope that Terry Fox began in 1980 after losing a leg to osteosarcoma. It runs the annual Terry Fox Run in Canada and abroad, and works with the Terry Fox Research Institute, founded in 2007, which funds team science and the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network linking Canadian cancer centres around shared data and precision medicine. The Foundation and Institute describe their work as pursuit of Terry's dream to end cancer through research. The Run remains one of the largest single-day cancer fundraisers in the world.
Location
Vancouver, CA
Type
consortium
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#549 · 6 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 6 from 3 linked objects) · ranking
- Terry Fox Run
- Terry Fox Research Institute team grants
- Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network
Jim Woodgett
President and Scientific Director, Terry Fox Research Institute
Cell signallingCancer biologyResearch funding leadership
Cell signalling scientist who has been President and Scientific Director of the Terry Fox Research Institute, the research arm of The Terry Fox Foundation, since 2021.
Terry Fox
Patient whose Marathon of Hope built Canada's largest cancer research fundraiser
OsteosarcomaCancer fundraisingAdolescent and young adult cancer
After losing a leg to bone cancer at 18, he set out in 1980 to run across Canada for cancer research. He covered 5,373 km before the disease returned; the run he started has raised over C$850 million.
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