The Paula Takacs Foundation for Sarcoma Research is immensely proud to announce the establishment of the Paula Takacs Foundation Endowed Chair of Sarcoma Research at…
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PAULA TAKACS FOUNDATION PRESENTS ITS LARGEST ANNUAL RESEARCH GRANT EVER On January 10, 2024, the Paula Takacs Foundation held its 2023 Grant Presentation, celebrating its…
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Trial Results Confirm Effectiveness of Atezolizumab Faithanne Hill was only 11 when she was diagnosed with alveolar soft part sarcoma, an extremely rare soft tissue…
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How to Find Cancer Resources You Can Trust Cancer and other health information, whether in print or online, should come from a trusted, credible source.…
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Clinical trials are designed to work in phases that follow strict guidelines, including who can participate. Learning how clinical trials work can help you decide…
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Research Team Members Designing and running a clinical trial requires the skills of many experts. Each team may be set up differently at different sites. Typical team…
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LAS VEGAS, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — DelveInsight’s ‘Soft Tissue Sarcoma Pipeline Insight – 2023‘ report provides comprehensive global coverage of available, marketed, and pipeline…
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Cancer researchers continue to make progress in developing tests using liquid biopsies that could complement and even serve as an alternative to traditional tissue biopsies.…
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New UC Davis study finds relationship between tumor microbiome and immune system in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (SACRAMENTO)In a significant new study, UC Davis Comprehensive…
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New groundbreaking research published in the journal Science unlocks the genetic mystery of why some people develop sarcoma, an aggressive but less common cancer that often strikes children and…
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Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive childhood cancer that is particularly difficult to treat, and little progress has been made in developing effective therapies for patients…
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Today, more than 80% of children diagnosed with cancer are alive 5 years after treatment. This is one of the biggest successes of pediatric medicine…
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When you have cancer, your body needs proper nutrients and calories to recover from treatment. Yet, eating well can be difficult when you feel nauseous…
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On December 9, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech, Inc.) for adult and pediatric patients 2 years of age and…
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The Paula Takacs Foundation is proud to announce its 2022 sarcoma research grant in the amount of $275,000 to Levine Cancer Institute and Levine Children’s…
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Clinical trials are an indispensable step in moving new cancer treatments from laboratory discoveries into everyday patient care. The initial human studies of new cancer…
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When Spanish scientists came across a strange case of a woman who had experienced 12 different types of tumor before the age of 36, they…
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Want to Find a Clinical Trial? If you are thinking about joining a clinical trial as a treatment option, the best place to start is to…
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Will a specific cancer treatment actually work for a person diagnosed with cancer? Every person’s cancer is different, and even when a tumor has a…
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What is a pathology report? A pathology report (sometimes called a surgical pathology report) is a medical report that describes the characteristics of a tissue…
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Tumor grade describes how normal or abnormal cancer cells look under a microscope. The more normal the cells look, the less aggressive the cancer and the more…
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The Cancer Grand Challenges program will award $100 million to four interdisciplinary teams from around the world to solve some of the toughest challenges in…
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Breakthrough findings were presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and published in The New England Journal of Medicine today by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) confirming…
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Before a tumor spreads from its original location to other parts of the body, it typically invades nearby lymph nodes. For more than a century,…
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Biologists Tyler Jacks and Jonathan Weissman’s mice may look like any other lab mice — plain, pale, and furry — but cancer geneticists see them…
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Meet Jacky: 104 Marathons in 104 Days Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, has run 26.2-miles every day since mid-January, normally taking around five hours. On Saturday, she…
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Some good news for childhood cancer survivors First, the good news: Survivors of childhood cancer who became pregnant in adulthood are as likely to have…
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A woman has set out to raise awareness of a rare form of cancer as she is due to have a 17.6-pound tumor removed from…
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Levine Cancer Institute is the only cancer center in United States and one of two worldwide to earn this prestigious recognition CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 15,…
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What is biomarker testing for cancer treatment? Biomarker testing is a way to look for genes, proteins, and other substances (called biomarkers or tumor markers) that can…
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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a spotlight on messenger RNA (mRNA)—the molecule that carries a cell’s instructions for making proteins. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have received mRNA vaccines that provide…
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Since 2018, Bethany Ross has started a new job, run four half marathons, and been treated for metastatic cancer. The 33-year-old software engineer was diagnosed…
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The Clinical Trial The Paula Takacs Foundation provided funding for the Phase II clinical trial of pembrolizumab in combination with doxorubicin in metastatic and unresectable…
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Childhood Cancer: Examples of Recent Progress 1982, Dr. Mariano Barbacid, a researcher working at NCI, and his colleagues identified a gene, called NTRK, that could…
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You or someone you love has just been diagnosed with cancer. You’ve met with the doctor and your head is spinning. You’re overwhelmed and scared.…
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Our 2020 Impact Report is out! Read how our supporters made it a chart-topping year in every way! CLICK HERE to view, download and…
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced that The Rossy Foundation has committed $10 million to establish the David Liposarcoma Research Initiative. The five-year initiative will spearhead groundbreaking research…
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By: Atrium Health – Daily Dose Diagnosed with a Rare Cancer At first, Parker Cain thought he had a knee problem. In 2019, a swollen…
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Family cancer clusters are frightening and not well-studied. Frankly, it takes courage (and dollars to cover expenses not often covered by insurance) to delve into…
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