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Last week EHE Foundation Director of Research Denise Robinson, attended the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 2023 annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland. Every year, physicians, scientists, and advocates from around the world come together to advance patient care and increase knowledge in connective tissue tumors. EHE is one of over 100 subtypes of sarcoma, which […]
Read MoreIn September 2023, EHE Director of Research Denise Robinson met over three days in Milan, Italy, with patient advocates and researchers to discuss EHE research funded by this community. Exciting progress is happening in this multi-national collaborative research under the leadership of Dr. Silvia Stacchiotti and Dr. Nadia Zaffaroni (Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS, Milan), and […]
Read MoreInvestigator: John Lamar, PhD, Albany Medical College Dr. Lamar was awarded a 3-year grant by The EHE Foundation in 2022, that aims to identify FDA-approved drugs that inhibit EHE cell growth, and then test them in pre-clinical mouse models for the treatment of EHE. What does this mean for patients? This could mean a shorter […]
Read MoreInvestigator: Ajaybabu Pobbati, PhD, Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute In 2022, The EHE Foundation funded a grant to Dr. Pobbati for research that looks at a library of current FDA-approved drugs that act as TAZ-CAMTA1 (TC) or TEAD inhibitors, for use in EHE. What does this mean for patients? This could mean a shorter […]
Read MoreJoin us for EHE Community Connections as we discuss “Championing Our Cause: How Patients Support Fundraising.” Collaborate with other patients and caregivers to explore the most creative and effective fundraising ideas. Together, let’s talk about how to better engage our own community of donors, create awareness and raise money for this one-in-a-million cancer! This workshop […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreIn 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 […]
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