Pediatric Cancer Drug Has 93% Effectiveness
September 5, 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="48252" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]A new cancer drug, larotrectinib, has in a very early clinical trial been shown to have a 93% (14/15) effectiveness rate for pediatric cancers; that is to say, for not just one cancer, but many. Hailed by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 1, 2018
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%...
Faces and Voices of Cancer—in Depth: Tory Campbell
August 28, 2018
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....
Cloud Atlas
August 27, 2018
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....
Local Students Play Jazz for a Cure
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 ...
Early Days, But New Compound May Prevent Metastasis
August 22, 2018
Oncologist Dr. Raymond Bergan and his team recently developed a drug compound that, in mouse models, seems to stave off metastasis—cancer spreading. ...
Learn from the Pros: Hosting a Cancer Awareness Game
So you wanna host a cancer awareness game? Learn from the pros how to take your game to the next level....