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Welcome New Board Member Guy Weinberg, MD
The EHE Foundation is delighted to announce that Guy Weinberg, MD, has joined our Board of Directors. Internationally recognized in the field of anesthesiology, he is, importantly, the father of an EHE patient, bringing a multifaceted expert and personal perspective to The EHE Foundation, helping us advance our mission to find effective treatments for this […]
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Rare Disease Day 2024
Rare Disease Day was February 29th, a very special rare day! We asked our community to help us build EHE awareness by submitting their EHE stories so that we could share them on our social media platforms and website to shine a light on EHE and rare diseases! Throughout the month, we shared the stories […]
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“Shakedown for Steve” Gives $20,000 in Memory of Steve Walsh, Jr.
What started as a GoFundMe page to help Steve Walsh with EHE-related medical expenses turned into a memorial as he lost his 10-month battle with EHE on September 22, 2023. From the Southside of Chicago, Steve is remembered for his love of life, sports, and the people closest to him. His sister, Jessica shared, “On […]
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The Pledge: Edition 35, Q4 – October-December, 2023
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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Science Saturday: Patient-Powered Research
Join The EHE Foundation’s Director of Research, Denise Robinson, as she explains the power of patients to advance research into EHE. What is patient-powered research, why does it matter, and how can you contribute? Join us to learn what’s happening in EHE research and the pivotal role you play in advancing our understanding of this […]
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IK-930 Receives Orphan Drug Designation for EHE
Ikena Oncology has shared that on December 14th, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation to IK-930 for the treatment of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). We are excited about this designation following initial positive data from the IK-930 Phase I clinical trial published in Ikena’s November 9th press release. What does this […]
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Translating molecular mechanisms of EHE to improve patient outcomes
Scientists know that most EHE tumors are caused by specific genetic changes called gene fusions. In most people with EHE, two genes, WWTR1 and CAMTA1, are abnormally fused. In a smaller number of cases, a different fusion involving YAP1 and TFE3 is present. In a recent review published in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, the authors […]
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EHE in Canada: what a national study tells us
A recent study published in the European Journal of Cancer represents the largest collection of data from people with EHE in Canada. Researchers found that EHE can behave very differently from person to person—about one-third of patients were diagnosed by chance and did not need immediate treatment, while others had more aggressive disease. About half […]
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Pulmonary EHE: a case report and review of literature
In a recent issue of AME Case Reports, a team led by Dr. Clifford Atuiri describes a case of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) and places it within the broader understanding of the disease. The authors note that EHE in the lungs can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms and imaging often resemble more common lung […]
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