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2025

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

Monday,

June 30

2025

PIZZA PARTY

Saturday,

August 9

The 2025 Boston Marathon®

Jimmy Fund Walk

Sunday,

October 5th

Eric’s fund

…directly supports cutting-edge research essential to discovering more effective treatments for tomorrow’s head and neck cancers. Eric would be thrilled that the research project being funded by our team is led by none other than his oncologist, Dr. Kartik Sehgal, and his former oncologist Dr. Jochen Lorch as a vital member of the research team. The current focus of their work is to develop more effective immunotherapies specifically targeting the unique needs of each head and neck cancer patient. As a team, we will be provided updates on how Eric’s fund is moving research forward through periodic meetings with principal investigator Dr. Sehgal, as well as comprehensive annual progress reports outlining programmatic advances.

Our goal is to raise $100,000 in five years. This is definitely achievable when you reflect on how as a first-year Jimmy Fund Walk team, Beyond Cancer raised $25,000! Beyond Cancer is extremely fortunate to have walkers, donors, fundraisers, and sponsors like you who believe that together we can support the research needed for a world free of cancer.

Start line at the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk event, outdoors, with a man smiling in front of the entrance arch.

Help develop cures for tomorrow

The Jimmy Fund

Thanks to your generosity to the Eric R. Rodriguez Fund for Head & Neck Cancer Research, you are helping Dana-Farber safely and effectively treat HNC today and develop cures for tomorrow. Eric’s fund is led under Eric’s former oncologist, Kartik Sehgal, MD, and in collaboration with Jochen Lorch, MD, and the HNC team at Dana-Farber. Eric’s fund is a new and innovative study focused on HNC patients whose disease has recurred after surgery or chemoradiation. The study will provide pembrolizumab to chemotherapy before surgery and then be treated with the immunotherapy drug for one year after surgery. This combination will help with long-term control and ultimately help promote survival rates. Your partnership and generous contributions are essential to making this possible. Thank you for helping us remember Eric in such a meaningful way and make a direct impact on the future of HNC patients everywhere!

  • Black and white portrait of Eric in a suit and tie, smiling slightly, with short dark hair, facing the camera and positioned against a plain background.
  • Man wearing a yellow cap, red shirt with race and event branding, black shorts, and running shoes standing outdoors during a race event, with colorful balloons and other participants in the background.
  • Father and son stand on a mountain trail with a river and leafless trees behind them, mountains in the distance, wearing winter jackets.
  • A man and boy sitting on the grass with a fluffy dog in front of a landscaped garden in the evening, with trees and parked cars in the background.
  • A man and woman standing together on a rocky ledge outdoors with green forested mountains and cloudy sky in the background.
  • A man inside a house holding a large zucchini, standing in front of a glass door with a deck outside and trees in the background.
  • A landscaped backyard garden with a curving pathway made of light-colored paving stones, surrounded by freshly mulched garden beds filled with various plants and small trees. There is a large tree trunk in the foreground and a small flag planted in one of the garden beds. In the background, a house with a screened porch and tall trees are visible.
  • Four people standing on a cornhole game court, holding cornhole bags, with a brown wooden house and cars in the background.
  • Two men standing together at a marathon event, smiling for the photo. One man is wearing a red t-shirt and the other is in a black athletic shirt with a yellow cap. They are in a park with trees, and a sign indicates they are at the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, Mile 21, 2019.