Sentinel Running: 4.000 participants in Tarazona in solidarity with breast and female genital cancer

The funds raised have been used to promote research projects at the IIS Aragón on new immunotherapies for metastatic breast cancer.

Tarazona has become this weekend the epicenter of charity sport with the celebration of the IX Sentinel Running, an initiative organized by the Sentinel Association and the Tarazona Athletics Club, in collaboration with the Tarazona City Council. The event brought together around 4.000 participants with the aim of raising funds for the fight against breast cancer and female genital cancer.

The event included a solidarity challenge of 24 hours long. non-stop and a commemorative march coinciding with World Breast Cancer Day. In this edition, the organization also wanted to highlight the female genital cancer, especially ovarian cancer, with a white t-shirt and pink and turquoise tones as symbols of both causes.

The motto “Bonding for life"has represented the spirit of collaboration and support for research that defines this initiative. The funds raised will be used to promote new immunotherapies versus metastatic breast cancer which will be coordinated by researchers from the Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón). A research that can also be applied to other tumors.

The Tarazona City Council has shown its support for the event since its first edition, and the Tarazona Athletics Club has assumed the technical organization and control of the race. The 450-meter route between the bridges of Plaza San Francisco and Virgen del Río has remained active for 24 consecutive hours thanks to the uninterrupted participation of runners.