Here we are. Here we are.

If cancer has ever touched your family—even one person—you already understand why this matters.

I’m Clarisse Clemons Ferrara, MD, founder of Cancer Screening Centers, Inc. I’ve spent decades taking care of people, and I’ve seen the same painful pattern repeat: too many families don’t get answers until it’s late. Too many people are left guessing. Too many lives are changed by a diagnosis that came after the window for early detection had already passed.

My passion for this work is personal. Cancer took members of my own family—my father, my uncle, and later my mother. Those losses lit a fire in me to help other families get the early options my loved ones didn’t have when they needed them most.

Our mission: From “unknown” to understood

Cancer Screening Centers exists to revolutionize early detection by helping communities and medical partners adopt modern screening + comprehensive genomic sequencing—so the conversation can shift from fear and guessing to clarity and action.

Genomics matters because it helps answer the question every family asks:

“What exactly is it—and what is the best way to fight it?”

Our work supports awareness and standardization around advanced testing and early detection approaches that can guide more personalized care.

What we’re building

We’re building a model that connects community access with university medical centers and clinical-trial readiness—because promising research can’t move fast enough if the data and funding aren’t there. We want to help produce reliable, standardized statistics for clinical trials and expand access to tools that can change outcomes.

We’re also committed to a broader vision of earlier intervention and better survival—including innovations that improve emergency response and detection (like faster stroke triage through modern technology).

And yes—this is about the whole human being. That’s why our larger message is H.U.M.A.N. — Human United Movement Against Neoplasm: uniting people in the war against cancer with education, access, dignity, and community support.

Why we’re raising $25,000,000 (in $60,000 increments)

We have a big goal because the need is big. This campaign is designed for people who want to make a measurable, “you can point to it” kind of impact.

Each $60,000 increment helps fund real build-out steps—the kind of steps that move a vision from conversation to community access: outreach, education, implementation support, and the infrastructure needed to expand screening and genomic sequencing adoption in real-world settings.

If you’re reading this, it probably touched your family too

Maybe it was your mother. Your father. Your spouse. Your best friend.

Maybe it was you.

This fundraiser is for every person who has ever said:

“I wish we caught it sooner.”

“Why didn’t we know there were better tests?”

“We need answers that actually match what’s happening in the body.”

How you can help (every amount matters)

Give what you can.

Share this with one person who cares about families and health.

Sponsor a $60,000 increment (or join with others to complete one).

Leave a message honoring someone you love—we carry these stories forward.

Because this is bigger than any one family.

It’s about creating a future where early detection is normal, where knowledge arrives faster than fear, and where families have a real chance to say:

“We found it in time.”

Thank you for standing with us—human to human.

— Clarisse Clemons Ferrara, MD

Founder, Cancer Screening Centers, Inc

If you can’t donate right now, sharing this fundraiser is also incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. It means the world to me.