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ESPN'S Dick Vitale and Michael Wilbon Stand Up in the Fight Against Prostate Cancer

Date:12/4/2008

earch. GSK also is a major supporter of Stand Up To Cancer and its innovative research-support efforts.

Additional supporters and in attendance at the 'Life: Interrupted' town hall event include the American Urological Association Foundation, CancerCare, Men's Health Network, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Prostate Cancer Education Council, Prostate Cancer Foundation, UsTOO International Prostate Cancer Education & Support Network, Women Against Prostate Cancer, and ZERO - The Project to End Prostate Cancer.

About The V Foundation
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since 1993, The Foundation has raised more than $80 million to fund cancer research grants nationwide. It awards 100 percent of all new direct cash donations and net proceeds of events directly to cancer research and related programs. The Foundation, which has received five consecutive top 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator, awards grants through a competitive awards process strictly supervised by a Scientific Advisory Board.

About Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C)
Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and was established by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders, whose lives have all been affected by cancer in significant ways.

About GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline - one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies - is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

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