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How Cancer Kick-Started a Lymphoma Survivor’s Business Idea

August 14, 2019 Guest Blog

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Meet Scientific Advisory Board Member Brian Leyland Jones

Brian Leyland-Jones: Now Is the Time!

August 12, 2019 NFCR Blog

“This is the transformative time in oncology,” heralds Brian Leyland-Jones, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., and there is no spin doctoring in the statement by the member of the National Foundation for Cancer Research’s scientific advisory board. From genomics to targeted therapies to vaccinations, the last 40 years has seen more strides…...

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Does Green Tea Reduce the Risk of Cancer?

August 8, 2019 Guest Blog, Cancer-Fighting Food

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Brittany George

Blindsided by Thyroid Cancer: Brittany’s Story

August 7, 2019 Guest Blog

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Glioblastoma Multiforme-the Deadliest Form of Brain Cancer

A Major Milestone! Global Coalition Launches World’s First Adaptive Clinical Trial Platform for Glioblastoma

August 5, 2019 Guest Blog

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest and most aggressive form of brain cancer for which there is currently no cure. This often-fatal brain cancer accounts for 45% of all malignant brain tumors and 12,000 cancer diagnoses per year in the United States, in addition to tens of thousands more around…...

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Tina Zhang and her Youth Art Bridge Teammate address the audience at their fundraiser for cancer research

Talented Teens: How Tina Zhang and her teammates use art to change the world

August 1, 2019 Guest Blog

As the long days of summer begin cooling down, it won’t be long until high school halls are filled with eager minds ready to begin a new school year. Many seniors returning for their final year have a lot on their plate. Whether they’re determined to graduate at the top…...

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Vitamin C pill

Albert Szent-Györgyi’s discovery of vitamin C

July 29, 2019 Guest Blog, Cancer-Fighting Food

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Dr. Webster Cavenee: Oddball Ideas

July 25, 2019 NFCR Blog

When Dr. Webster “Web” Cavenee first introduced the idea of genetic tumor suppressors in 1982, it took to the air like a lead balloon. “I got a lot of blank looks,” he recalls. “A lot of angry ones, too.” How times change. Tumor suppressor genes, also called antioncogenes, are now…...

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Dr. Cesar Milstein, mAbs researcher

Breakthrough: Dr. César Milstein And The MAbs

July 19, 2019 NFCR Blog

They are called “mAbs,” short for monoclonal antibodies, and they are a big deal in oncology. One of the immune systems most elegant soldiers, mAbs are formed by B cells, a type of white blood cell produced in the spleen, in response to specific foreign invaders (real and perceived) known…...

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Andrea Andrade at chemotherapy while competing for Miss California

Stage 3 Colon Cancer Diagnosis Leads to Pursuing a Lifelong Dream: Andrea’s Story

July 17, 2019 Guest Blog

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