Latest EHE News, Events & Research

Advancing EHE Research on the Global Stage: Highlights from CTOS 2025

December 5, 2025

The EHE Foundation had the privilege of attending the CTOS 2025 Annual Meeting, held November 12-15, in Boca Raton, Florida. The Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) is a global, professional medical organization of clinician-scientists, translational researchers, and patient advocates united by a single goal: advancing treatment of sarcomas.   For the EHE community, this annual gathering […]

The Pledge: Edition 42, Q3 – July-September, 2025

November 11, 2025

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 the online EHE newsletter, The Pledge.

EHE Stabilization with Sirolimus: Results From POEM, a Prospective Multicentric Observational Study

November 6, 2025

Drs. Claudia Giani, Anna Maria Frezza, Silvia Stacchiotti, and colleagues from the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy, and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, presented results from POEM: a prospective observational study on Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma at ESMO Congress 2025. The data presented included 57 consecutive molecularly confirmed EHE patients who entered the study, […]

Hanna Lab at Purdue University: ‘When cells in the body stop following the rules, cancer can take hold.’

October 14, 2025

You met Jason Hanna, PhD, at the 2025 EHE Global Patient Conference, where he highlighted work his lab is undertaking in EHE. We are thrilled to share a recent publication in Molecular Oncology from the Hanna Lab at Purdue University, highlighting their findings from a study focused on the YAP1-TFE3 subtype of EHE.  The YAP1-TFE3 […]

Exciting Progress in EHE Research – Powered by Patients

October 10, 2025

We are thrilled to share a new publication, “EHE cell cultures are a platform for mechanistic and therapeutic investigation,” made possible by a partnership between the University of Iowa and the EHE Foundation. Under the leadership of Dr. Munir Tanas, Nicholas Scalora, PhD, and colleagues in the Tanas Lab sought to develop long-term EHE cell […]

Uniting for a Cure: A New Chapter in the Fight Against EHE

October 8, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hobart, WI – October 9, 2025 – The Center for Research and Analysis of VAscular Tumors (CRAVAT) Foundation has donated its resources to The EHE Foundation in a powerful alignment of vision and commitment to the people affected by epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) and the EHE scientific community.  Founded in 2015 by Guy […]

Big Steve Day 2025: A Celebration of Life, Friendship, and Giving Back

September 23, 2025

On Saturday, June 28, 2025, more than 80 golfers, friends, and family gathered at Stony Creek Golf Course in Oak Lawn, Illinois, for the Third Annual Big Steve Day Golf Outing — a day filled with laughter, camaraderie, and purpose. This annual event honors the life and spirit of Steve Walsh, Jr., whose memory continues […]

New Study Uncovers Unexpected Role for AMPK in EHE

September 22, 2025

A project funded by the EHE Foundation, the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), and the EHE Rare Cancer Foundation Australia, and led by Dr. Ryan Kanai in the Lamar Lab, was recently published in Cancers, revealing a surprising new role for AMPK in controlling the growth of EHE cells.  Dr. Kanai set out to find […]

EHE Advocates Unite to Navigate Complexities of Drug Development

September 19, 2025

We are thrilled to share a new publication that includes participation of  EHE advocacy organizations: “How to foster new treatment development in ultra-rare tumours? Joint EMA-EORTC multi-stakeholder workshops on ultra-rare sarcomas as a model for rare cancers.”  Leaders of the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), the EHE Foundation, and EHE ITALIA Associazione Non Solo Laura […]

Preclinical Evidence Supporting the Therapeutic Potential of Statins in EHE

September 18, 2025

In 2022, the EHE Foundation funded the Lamar Lab’s project entitled ‘Use of Pre-clinical EHE Models to Identify Druggable Pathways to Treat EHE,’ with the goal of identifying FDA-approved drugs that can be repurposed to treat EHE. By looking for drugs that are already FDA-approved, ideally, positive pre-clinical findings could be more rapidly translated to […]