Latest EHE News, Events & Research

CTOS 2024 Highlights

Highlights from CTOS 2024

December 30, 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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The Pledge: Edition 38, Q3 – July-September, 2024

The Pledge: Edition 38, Q3 – July-September, 2024

November 21, 2024

Publication of The Pledge quarterly newsletter is led by the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK). EHE patient advocacy groups from around the globe. provide content including research news, patient and fundraising stories, and much more. Click here to view the most recent edition of our online EHE newsletter, The Pledge.

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2024 Research Grant Awards

The EHE Foundation Announces Grant Funding of $307,400 to Advance Research and Find Treatments for EHE

November 20, 2024

We are pleased to announce The EHE Foundation’s 2024 Research Grants Program awards, totaling $307,400, as part of our ongoing commitment to advance our mission to find effective treatments and a cure for EHE. Made possible by 2023 Giving Tuesday gifts, these grants support novel translational research projects that aim to identify and accelerate the […]

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Michaela W.

Michaela’s Story

November 11, 2024

I was first diagnosed with fibrosarcoma in April of 2008 after severe pain in my brachial plexus, right side. At the time, I was 48 years old and teaching middle school. I had just finished a master’s degree a few years prior to my diagnosis and planned to teach until I was at least 62. […]

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Donating vs. Fundraising

Making a Donation vs. Fundraising for The EHE Foundation: What’s the Difference?

November 4, 2024

At The EHE Foundation, we are committed to finding a cure for epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE), an ultra-rare and potentially aggressive cancer that affects one in a million people. Every contribution helps us advance groundbreaking research, support patients, and foster collaboration among clinicians and researchers worldwide. There are two impactful ways you can support our mission: […]

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EHEF Scientific & Medical Advisory Board

Scientific & Medical Advisory Board Collaborates to Improve Outcomes for People Living with EHE

September 30, 2024

On September 10, 2024, The EHE Foundation held a virtual meeting of our Scientific & Medical Advisory Board (SMAB). The meeting aimed to welcome new members, review current research projects, and discuss future needs and goals to advance EHE research. The meeting began with a warm welcome to new members of the SMAB: Tom Chen, […]

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test tubes

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

September 27, 2024

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

September 23, 2024

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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Denise Robinson, EHE Foundation Executive Director

The EHE Foundation Appoints New Executive Director

August 14, 2024

On behalf of the Board of Directors of The EHE Foundation, Jenni Kovach, Board President has announced the appointment of Denise Robinson as the new Executive Director for the Foundation.  Like many people, Denise had not heard of EHE until her friend was diagnosed in 2017 with an aggressive form of the disease. She soon […]

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The Pledge: Edition 37, Q2 - April-June, 2024

The Pledge: Edition 37, Q2 – April-June, 2024

August 8, 2024

Publication of The Pledge quarterly newsletter is led by the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK). EHE patient advocacy groups from around the globe. provide content including research news, patient and fundraising stories, and much more. Click here to view the most recent edition of our online EHE newsletter, The Pledge.

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