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Pediatric Cancer Drug Has 93% Effectiveness

September 5, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog, Rare Cancer

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 1, 2018 NFCR Writer Amy Yates Blog

Every day in the United States, an average of 42 families are hit with the tragic news that their child has cancer. Childhood cancer is still the leading cause of death in children under 15 years old. This is, despite the 30% increase, from 50% to 80%, in 5-year survival…...

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Faces and Voices of Cancer—in Depth: Tory Campbell

August 28, 2018 NFCR Writer Kaitlin Horn Blog

In addition to sharing her breast cancer story, Campbell wants to take her positive experience and pay it forward any way that she can. In hopes of helping others in the cancer community, she shares some of the biggest takeaways from her experience....

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Cloud Atlas

August 27, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog

It’s called “the cloud,” but it is not the fluffy white thingees drifting overhead. It promises to revolutionize cancer care. By, of all things, sharing data. “In cancer, only about 4% of patients go on a clinical trial, but that data is not ever really leveraged. The FDA (U.S. Food…...

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Local Students Play Jazz for a Cure

August 26, 2018 NFCR Blog, News

Dodos Combo is a jazz band from the Landon School in Bethesda, MD.  They helped launch NFCR’s Arts4TheCure program by performing at the 2018 Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research Award Ceremony held on May 5, 2018...

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Early Days, But New Compound May Prevent Metastasis

August 22, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog

Oncologist Dr. Raymond Bergan and his team recently developed a drug compound that, in mouse models, seems to stave off metastasis—cancer spreading....

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Learn from the Pros: Hosting a Cancer Awareness Game

August 21, 2018 Julia Felts Blog, P4TC

So you wanna host a cancer awareness game? Learn from the pros how to take your game to the next level....

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The Role of Micronutrients in Battling Cancer

August 17, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog, Cancer Research Science

It was largely the work of Helmut Sies, M.D., the esteemed pioneer of oxidative stress whom the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) supported from 1983 to 2016, that brought the role of micronutrients, including flavonoids, into scientific focus....

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Master Switch Metastasis Agent Identified

August 16, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog

In a major breakthrough, scientists led by Elena Deryugina at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) identified a specific protein, Latent TGFβ Binding Protein 3—LTBP3 for short—that kicks off a cellular chain reaction resulting in early-development tumors growing new blood vessels. These vessels then act like highways to spread cancer cells…...

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Frederick Alt: It’s Personal

August 15, 2018 NFCR Writer David Perry Blog

Ask 100 physicians why they got into medicine and you’ll get 100 different answers: Some take the noble route and want to help people, others are just hardwired for it and still others learned early on that potential mates tend to worship doctors (or at least their mothers do!). And…...

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