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Conquer Cancer
Conquer Cancer,® the ASCO Foundation, awarded $100,000 worth of grants to support studies addressing cancer care disparities in clinical trial enrollment for pediatric patients, and exploring new treatment options for prostate cancer that can reduce the chance of recurrence.
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Creating community for adolescent and young adult patients
Each day, nearly 50 adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients—those between the ages of 15 and 39—come to Dana-Farber for treatment, but many never connect with one another because they wait for appointments on different floors.
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Lifelong connections yield real progress in pediatric neuro-oncology
Sometimes only a few degrees of separation stand between strangers and a lifelong friendship—and changing the world for the better.
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Grateful parents fuel clinical trials
Donor support empowers Dana-Farber to change the lives of patients everywhere. And when a drug developed at the Institute saved a brave girl on the other side of the country, her parents wanted to help Dana-Farber do the same for other children.
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New fellowships in pediatric brain cancer research
The ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation began as two organizations founded by Jason and Tammi Carr and Mark and Jenny Mosier.
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The Jimmy Fund: 75 years of impact
Since the seminal radio broadcast in 1948 that introduced the nation to a young cancer patient dubbed “Jimmy” and the researchers and clinicians dedicated to caring for children with cancer, the Jimmy Fund’s generous community of supporters has contributed an incredible total of more than $1.5 billion so far.
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Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Children’s Cancer Research Fund awarded their Emerging Scientist Award to Dana-Farber pediatric oncologist Emily Heikamp, MD, PhD, MSc. The grant of $100,000 will support Heikamp’s work in uncovering therapeutic vulnerabilities in the NU98-r gene, which could lead to safer and more effective treatments for children with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.
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One Mission
One Mission recently demonstrated its commitment to cancer patients with two gifts totaling nearly $220,000 in support of the Blum Pediatric Resource Room and Pediatric Resource Program at Dana-Farber. One Mission, founded in 2008 by Ashley and Ari Haseotes, aims to help families cope with the emotional and financial challenges brought on by childhood cancer.
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Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
The Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research awarded $300,000 in grants to support exploring liquid biopsies to advance precision treatment; uncovering causes of drug resistance in relapsed neuroblastoma; analyzing the proteins that drive medulloblastoma; and testing nanoparticle delivery of targeted therapy in diffuse midline gliomas to lay the groundwork for clinical trials.
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St. Baldrick’s Foundation
St. Baldrick’s Foundation awarded a total of $415,000 to Dana-Farber studies into how neuroblastoma, one of the most common pediatric solid tumors, escapes destruction by the immune system; and how a category of newly discovered “dark proteins” may point toward new approaches to treat medulloblastoma, a devastating form of childhood brain cancer.
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