Fall 2023 Issue
Learn how your support makes breakthrough treatments and research possible. We hope you enjoy these stories.
Doris and Bob Mayfield – The Love and Legacy of a Lifetime


The Latest Innovations in Lung Cancer Treatment
City of Hope recently launched an innovative biomarker tool with the potential to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer. The tool includes a screening quiz targeted at patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Its goal is to guide patients through the challenge of the disease and know if they have indicators that could provide a more precise diagnosis and advanced, targeted treatment options.“This is a valuable tool we are very excited to be able to offer patients. Understanding their biomarker will help us personalize the treatments our patients receive.” — Ravi Salgia, M.D., Ph.D.The new tool is a valuable resource for patients to explore the latest advances in lung cancer treatment. Patients can read inspiring stories from others who are at similar junctions in their cancer journeys, be it recently diagnosed, just starting treatment, living with cancer or caring for a loved one with the disease. Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S., claiming more than 150,000 lives each year. But if it’s caught early, survival rates can top 90%. The key is early detection. A low-dose computed tomography scan can spot a malignancy at its earliest beginnings when it can be successfully treated. Seven million Americans between the ages of 50 and 80 who currently smoke or used to are considered at high risk for the disease. Early screening could save thousands of lives. As a leader in lung cancer treatment and research, we advocate for early detection, taking on cases deemed untreatable and offering procedures unavailable elsewhere. Nearly 240,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the United States this year, mostly smokers, but cases in people who never smoked, are accelerating, which means environmental factors or genetics may be involved. Should you be screened for lung cancer? This helpful diagram can help you answer this question and can be found at CityofHope.org/lung-cancer-care.
A Lung Cancer Survivor Story
“It was the best feeling ever. Every day now I have to pinch myself. I feel so lucky.” — Tabitha Paccione, lung cancer survivor

Planning for the Future of Your Loved Ones
National Estate Planning Awareness is recognized every October. If you didn’t create or review your plans, now is the time. Having a legal will, trust, or estate plan is a critical step in ensuring the security of your loved ones.
Planning puts you in control of your financial and charitable future.
The last few years have taught us that being prepared is essential. Creating your will, trust or estate plan is how you pass on your possessions and the values guiding your life.
To help make your planning a little easier, we would like to offer you our booklet, Imagine a Cure for Every Patient. Simply download it today through the form on this page.
Your family and loved ones should always come first, but we hope you will consider including a gift to City of Hope in your plans.
A legacy gift to City of Hope is an opportunity to convey your hopes and dreams for the kind of future you want your children and grandchildren to inherit. Your gift will make it possible to conduct breakthrough science, provide lifesaving care and enable City of Hope to make unprecedented progress as a national leader in research and treatment.
Meet Stephen and Joyce Hasper

We Are Here to Help You
If you would like assistance creating or expanding your personal legacy, please contact us at (800) 232-3314 or plannedgiving@coh.org. Our planning experts are here to help you in any way we can.Legacy of Hope Society
If you have already included City of Hope in your will, trust or estate plan, please let us know so that we may thank and celebrate you. Notifying us is the best way to ensure we receive the gift you intend for us and that your wishes for the use of your gift are honored at the time your gift is received.
We would also like to welcome you into our Legacy of Hope Society and, with your permission, provide appropriate recognition for your generosity.
Sample Bequest Language and Tax ID
To leave a gift to City of Hope, consider including this language in your estate plans:
Unrestricted Bequest:
“I give [ __ percent of my estate, or description of asset, or ____ dollars] to City of Hope, a California nonprofit corporation, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010 (City of Hope Tax ID 95-3435919), for its general use.”
Kelly Lee with her daughter, Caitlin Herron. In June 2016, Caitlin, then age 12, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia so rare in adolescents that only a handful of children had ever been diagnosed with it, and none had survived. After a national and international search, City of Hope found a donor for Caitlin, and she underwent a successful bone marrow transplant. In April 2017, Caitlin was declared cancer-free.