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HOUSTON ¨D Â鶹ӳ»­ MD Anderson Cancer Center has received $4 million in donations through efforts by the International Bank of Commerce (IBC Bank) to support cancer research at the James P. Allison Institute and the Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation.

Throughout 2024, IBC Bank¡¯s employees and customers from more than 160 branches across Texas and Oklahoma raised over $1 million through this year's ¡°Give Cancer the Boot¡± campaign, which IBC Foundation matched, bringing the total raised to over $2 million. Additionally, an anonymous donor family provided a $2 million matching gift, further advancing MD Anderson's mission to end cancer.

¡°Thanks to support from IBC Bank and its generous community of employees and customers, MD Anderson is able to work toward improving care and outcomes for all cancer patients,¡± said , chief scientific officer at MD Anderson. ¡°Through the efforts of the Allison Institute and the Institute for Cell Therapy Discovery & Innovation, we are fueling transformational advances in cancer care and research in ways that are only possible here.¡±

This is the fourth time IBC Bank's ¡°Give Cancer the Boot¡± campaign has supported MD Anderson. Since the first campaign in 2016, IBC Bank has raised more than $11 million for the institution, with previous campaigns supporting MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program^? and establishing the IBC Foundation for Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (ICT) Endowed Fellowship led by Sarina Piha-Paul, M.D., associate professor, ICT.

¡°The generosity of our IBC Bank partners and their customers across these communities has a significant impact on our mission to end cancer,¡± said Peter WT Pisters, M.D., president of MD Anderson. ¡°Every donation, small or large, brings us one step closer to our goal of Making Cancer History^? in Texas, across the nation and around the world.¡±

Throughout the campaign, IBC Bank engaged its network of employees and customers to host more than 15 fundraising, awareness and community events. These included galas, golf tournaments, 5K runs/walks, bowling nights and more, held in cities across Texas and Oklahoma including McAllen, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, San Antonio, Laredo, Brownsville, Mission, Zapata and Houston.

¡°It is phenomenal to see the continued support of our communities and customers in our shared mission to end cancer,¡± said Dennis Nixon, IBC Bank Chairman of the Board, IBC Foundation manager and a senior member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors. ¡°We have been a proud supporter of MD Anderson for many years. Together, we can make a significant impact in the lives of those affected by cancer.¡±