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Stronger Together

It is said that if you have the one you love, you have everything you need. For two members of the National Foundation for Cancer Research community, this has certainly proven true. As they stood under the wedding chuppah which the bride and her mother had built together just weeks…...

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Pioneering Physician-Scientist to Receive 2019 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2019 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Programs & Communications E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 Awardee Has Remained at the Vanguard of Various Cancer Immunotherapy Fields for over Four Decades ROCKVILLE, MD – The National Foundation for Cancer Research…...

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Anti-Cancer Properties Found in a Deadly Australian Arachnid

Identified as the deadliest arachnid in the world, a bite from the Australian funnel web spider can result in death in as little as fifteen minutes. However, according to recent findings, the venom of the funnel web spider may have curative properties when treating human melanoma cells. The survival of…...

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National Foundation for Cancer Research Announces Leadership Transition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2019 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Programs & Communications E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 ROCKVILLE, MD – The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) today announced the promotion of Sujuan Ba, Ph.D., to president and chief executive officer.…...

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World Cancer Day: How Far We’ve Come

For the past two decades, people around the globe have bound together to promote cancer awareness every February 4th, World Cancer Day. The National Foundation for Cancer Research is honored to be one of over a thousand members of the Day’s coordinator, the Swiss-based Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).…...

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Team Spotlight: Methacton High School Field Hockey

Methacton High School Field Hockey has been dedicated to advocating and fundraising for cancer research since 2014 in honor of their Goalkeeper Coach who is a breast cancer survivor....

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