Philanthropy

The Huntsman Cancer Institute is dedicated to finding the causes of cancer, developing new and better treatments, and preventing people from ever developing cancer.  Huntsman founded HCI to focus on understanding cancer from its beginnings and to translate this knowledge into safer and more effective treatments.  HCI was chosen as Sigma Chi’s preferred philanthropy because many Sigs and their families have been directly affected by cancer, the second-leading cause of death in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, men have an approximate lifetime risk of 1:2 for developing the disease; for women, the risk is 1:3.