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SPAGN discussion panel on clinical trials in rare sarcomas

Strengthening Global Collaboration in Sarcoma: Highlights from the 2025 SPAGN Annual Conference

By The EHE Foundation / May 6, 2025 / 0 Comments

From April 11–13, 2025, representatives of The EHE Foundation participated in the 15th Annual Conference of the Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Global Network (SPAGN), marking SPAGN’s first conference in the United States. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) co-hosted the event, underscoring the importance of international collaboration in sarcoma advocacy. Denise Robinson commented, “As a long-time supporter […]

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PUSH meets with EMA

Ultra-Rare Pushes Forward at the EMA

By The EHE Foundation / February 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Ultra-Rare Pushes Forward at the EMA

On January 31, 2025, expert clinicians, researchers, and global advocacy leaders convened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to meet with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and EORTC, exploring strategies to develop new treatments for ultra-rare sarcomas as a model for ultra-rare tumors. The discussion focused on lessons learned from efforts to secure regulatory approval for sirolimus […]

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EHE Research Roundtable

Research Roundtable: Advocacy in Action

By The EHE Foundation / February 11, 2025 / Comments Off on Research Roundtable: Advocacy in Action

In late January, 2025, EHE advocacy leaders from The EHE Foundation, EHE Rare Cancer Charity UK, and EHE ITALIA Associazione Non Solo LAURA ODV coordinated a joint meeting with expert clinicians and researchers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Stakeholders from Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States reviewed progress on ongoing collaborative research programs and explored key research […]

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CTOS 2024 Highlights

Highlights from CTOS 2024

By The EHE Foundation / December 30, 2024 / Comments Off on Highlights from CTOS 2024

In November, Denise Robinson, Executive Director and Director of Research attended the CTOS 2024 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. The Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS), is a professional medical organization that brings together multi-disciplinary clinician-scientists, translational researchers, and advocates from all over the world to advance the treatment of sarcomas. Many of the world’s […]

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test tubes

GDF-15 Predicts Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Aggressiveness and is Down-regulated by Sirolimus Through ATF4/ATF5 Suppression

By The EHE Foundation / September 27, 2024 / Comments Off on GDF-15 Predicts Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Aggressiveness and is Down-regulated by Sirolimus Through ATF4/ATF5 Suppression

Drs. Silvia Stacchiotti, Sandro Pasquali, and Nadia Zaffaroni (IRCCS – INT, Milan, Italy) and colleagues published their promising findings in Clinical Cancer Research, September 16, 2024. This study, funded in part by The EHE Foundation in partnership with EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), aimed to assess the efficacy of sirolimus for the treatment of EHE […]

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Ajay Pobbati, PhD and Brian Rubin, MD, PhD at the Cleveland Clinic

Harnessing Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitors to Gain Mechanistic Insight Into the Regulation of the TAZ-CAMTA1 Fusion Protein

By The EHE Foundation / September 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Harnessing Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitors to Gain Mechanistic Insight Into the Regulation of the TAZ-CAMTA1 Fusion Protein

Ajay Pobbati, PhD, Brian Rubin, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic published their findings from the study “CDK9 inhibition by dinaciclib is a therapeutic vulnerability in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma” in Clinical Cancer Research, September 13, 2024. This study, funded in part by a grant from The EHE Foundation, provides a strong rationale for investigating […]

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