Breanne was diagnosed with ACC in 2014 after the removal of a massive tumor on her adrenal gland. ACC has a 5-year survival rate of only 50% and is incredibly aggressive.  There are very few doctors in the world doing research on and working directly with ACC patients.  The leading doctor in this field is right here in the Midwest, Dr. Gary Hammer, with the University of Michigan Hospital.

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Dr. Hammer was the lead doctor on Breanne’s team during her battle against ACC and was able to help give her more time here with us through his dedicated research into what makes this particular disease so deadly.  The Breanne Sleater Memorial Foundation strives to be able to provide funding to Dr. Hammer’s team to further his research and further the lives of others fighting ACC right now.  We would hope that one day Dr. Hammer will be able to find a cure. Until that day comes, we wish to provide the funding needed for his team to do what they did for us: to give other families more of the thing that is most precious in the face of a disease like ACC, more time.