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January 23, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="63048" img_size="Large" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]The National Foundation for Cancer Research proudly welcomes cancer survivor and patient advocate Cheryl Stratos as a community ambassador![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]Cheryl was treated for cancer from 2009-2016. Since her remission, she now works as a Patient Advocate, helping others who have...

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January 14, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="62971" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Two NFCR-supported researchers have recently published in the high-impact publication Nature Communications for their work on liquid biopsies and circulating tumor cells. Drs. Daniel A. Haber of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Aditya Bardia of the University of California,...

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January 8, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="62793" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Research has previously identified seven cancers that individuals who drink alcohol regularly are at increased risk of developing. Those cancers include Oral, Throat, Esophageal, Larynx, Breast, Liver, and Colorectal cancers. New research suggests that alcohol is, in fact, the third leading...

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November 1, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]Dear Friends, A little over a week ago I was part of something truly remarkable: the NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship. This is the 4th year that NFCR has hosted our Global Summit event, in partnership with the AIM-HI...

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October 24, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Global Leaders in the Fight Against Cancer Gathered in Washington, DC on October 18, 2024, for the NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_gallery interval="3" images="62412,62386,62384,62396,62394" img_size="large" css=""][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text css=""]Washington, DC -  The 2024 National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)...

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October 23, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="62414" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]We proudly congratulate NFCR-Supported Dr. Lisa Coussens of Oregon Health & Science University for her recent election to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the health and medicine field. Dr. Coussens is widely...

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October 21, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtube.com/shorts/8pyoUSfWCIU?si=2ddQHEroEyNaLRSX" align="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]In 2010, University of Maryland Women's Basketball Coach Brenda Frese’s son, Tyler, was diagnosed with childhood leukemia at the age of 2 and began treatment immediately. By December 2013, Tyler completed his final round of chemotherapy and has been cancer-free ever...

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September 27, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="The world’s top cancer experts, entrepreneurs, and advocates to join the National Foundation for Cancer Research on October 18th, 2024, in Washington, DC, at the National Press Club" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23002C76" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=""][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="62267" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Rockville, MD. (September 30, 2024) – The 2024 Global Summit...

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September 27, 2024

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="62245" img_size="large" css=""][vc_column_text css=""][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) proudly shares new findings from Yale Cancer, highlighting the potential of YIV-906, an experimental botanical drug developed by Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng, a longtime NFCR-supported scientist. A study published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal...

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