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Who am I now? Integrating the cancer identity into the self.
You are invited to the EHE Community Connections session on Saturday, May 14th, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US). Dr. Tamara Vesel and Dr. Maeve Baechler will be facilitating the discussion and exploring questions like Why is it important to contemplate on identify after the cancer diagnosis. How does the issue of identity relates to symptoms during cancer treatment? Ups and down of resisting versus incorporating cancer diagnosis into one’s life.
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Scanxiety
What is scanxiety? Scanxiety describes the apprehension felt by people with cancer as they wait for their next scan. It’s a form of anticipatory anxiety. Scans are like emotional roulette. You’re trying really hard not to worry about the unknown, but your body has other plans. Recognizing the Signs of Scanxiety Symptoms of scanxiety vary […]
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Planned Ikena Oncology Clinical Trial to Include EHE Patients
The planned Phase 1 clinical trial includes patients with tumor types with a high frequency of Hippo pathway alterations, including NF2-deficient malignant mesothelioma and some soft tissue sarcomas with YAP/TAZ genetic fusions, including Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE), a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma that has a significant unmet medical need with no currently approved therapy […]
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The Pledge: Edition 27, Q4 – Oct-Dec, 2021
Together, the US, UK, and Australia EHE foundations team up to strengthen the force against EHE. This group provides a quarterly update, which is led by the UK and includes 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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Stronger Together on Giving Tuesday, November 30th
As the season of giving and gratefulness is upon us, we want to thank you for being a part of The EHE Foundation family. We appreciate you following our progress and investing in our passion: discovering effective treatments and a cure for EHE. We are thankful for our supporters, partners, and volunteers who make our […]
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2021 EHE Fun Run & Walk a Huge Success!
Thank you to our wonderful participants, supporters, and sponsors for making our 2021 EHE Fun Run and Walk a tremendous success! Together, more than 900 supporters across the nation helped raise more than $45,000. Thanks to the backing of our sponsors, every penny brought in for this event will go directly to EHE research. This […]
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New Study Uncovers Unexpected Role for AMPK in EHE
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 […]
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EHE Advocates Unite to Navigate Complexities of Drug Development
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 […]
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Preclinical Evidence Supporting the Therapeutic Potential of Statins in EHE
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 […]
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