Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma in the news

I saw this in the news over the weekend:
$6.5 million gift to UCSF from Irwin and Joan Jacobs for head and neck cancer research
http://news.ucsf.edu/releases/6.5-million-gift-to-ucsf-from-irwin-and-joan-jacobs-for-head-and-neck-cance/

Mr. Jacobs was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma in 2007, and went through treatment. He and his wife have endowed two distinguished professorships, one in otolaryngology and one in radiation oncology. The press release says it is thought to be the largest gift for head/neck cancer research.

I picked up a couple of things from this announcement:
I hope all of us ACC-wearing folks are known for something other than having a rare cancer - we are all so much more than that, as his bios illustrate. Neither one that I checked says anything about having rare cancer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_M._Jacobs
http://www.qualcomm.com/who_we_are/leadership/exec_bios/irwin_jacobs.html

Another thing - I know now how big a donation I need to make to support Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma research, and have it be the biggest (grin!). If you have the chance to donate to support research on this rare cancer, I can recommend the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation: http://www.accrf.org/. And they aren't expecting us to call only when we have a spare $7 million lying around - they take any amount and put it to very good use.