There is a quote written by Dr. William J. Mayo: "The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life; the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician." This saying reflects the mission of the Cancer Research Foundation... to raise funds to support innovative cancer research centers focused on perfecting treatments, vaccines, and cures to the over 200 different types of cancer; and, ultimately, to become absolutely obsolete. Each year, the Cancer Research Foundation selects four cutting edge cancer research centers to support. The purpose of the diversity lies in the understanding that every lab focuses on a different variation or aspect of a particular type of cancer... together, the research will find links and patterns to combat cancer as a whole. We are very proud of the strides that our research centers have made over the years and hope that each step will bring us closer to complete treatments and cures for the many devastating types of cancer. The Cancer Research Foundation recipients for 2011 are the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Cancer Research) and UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center.