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Weekend Roundup, October 13, 2017 | Ethel Walker Play Day

October 12, 2017 NFCR Blog, P4TC

The weekend of October 13, 2017 more than a dozen teams will rally to Play4TheCure in support of cancer research, including the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT who is hosting their annual Play4TheCure Play Day....

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Corners for Cancer; A Legacy of Giving

October 9, 2017 Julia Felts Foster Blog, P4TC

When Maura Greenwood, a former field hockey player at Upper Dublin High School, shared the news that her mother had been diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, she turned to her coach, Heather Boyer for support. That is the moment that Boyer sprang into action.  ...

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Smart Sandwich Stacking

October 3, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog, Cancer-Fighting Food, Cancer-Fighting Lifestyle

Everybody loves a good sandwich – they’re easy to make, easy to take wherever you go and you can put practically anything on them. Here’s how to construct the perfect cancer-fighting sandwich in four easy steps....

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6 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Gynecologic Cancer

September 28, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog, Cancer Prevention, Cancer-Fighting Lifestyle

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Playing 4 Trey

September 13, 2017 Julia Felts Foster Blog, P4TC

In 2014, a few short weeks after celebrating his 3rd birthday, Trey Fry was diagnosed with leukemia. Needless to say, this was a life-altering event for Trey and his family. Like so many, Trey fought his way through several rounds of chemotherapy. His cancer even relapsed and Trey required a…...

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7 Facts You Need to Know About Childhood Cancers

August 31, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog, Cancer-Fighting Lifestyle

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. As childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades and continue to affect the lives of children and their families worldwide, it’s important to understand it....

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On the Move with Dr. Ba

August 23, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog, News, On the Move with Dr. Ba

This year, cancer research is moving at an exciting pace towards a real transformation. Just last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a cancer treatment based on a biomarker rather than the body location where the cancer originates....

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Meet Dorothy Elicker: A Mother Carrying on Her Daughter’s Legacy

August 16, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog

Dorothy Elicker will never forget April 1, 2008 as that was the day her daughter, Lucy Stanovick, was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer — she was just 42 years old. Lucy was a beacon of light to all who knew her. While fighting her own health battles and raising two…...

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Meet Darrell Rice: A Courageous and Inspirational Caregiver

August 3, 2017 Robyn Stoller Blog

This year marks the 13th anniversary of Carmen Rice’s survival from Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) – the deadliest brain cancer that is widely regarded as incurable and universally fatal. Carmen’s thirteen-year survival is nothing less than miraculous and last month, we shared her incredible story with you. Today, we’d like to…...

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Dr. Jim Allison: Cancer Immunotherapy Pioneer

July 20, 2017 Robyn Stoller ASG, ASG News, Blog, Szent-Györgyi Prize Winners, Then and Now

Szent-Györgyi Prize Winners: Then & Now The Szent-Györgyi Prize was established in honor of Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi, co-founder of NFCR, to recognize outstanding scientific achievement in the war against cancer. Ten years later, “ASG Winners: Then & Now” looks at these winners, their extraordinary contributions and how their discoveries have made possible new…...

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