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In March Denise Robinson, our Director of Research joined Dr. Scott Okuno, Chief Medical Officer for SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration) to talk about EHE research and patient advocacy. Their discussion beautifully lays out the challenges of facilitating research in the ultra-rare disease landscape. Denise and Dr. Okuno also talked about the growth […]
Jane Gutkovich, a founding member of The EHE Foundation and fierce EHE advocate, was a guest on World Cancer Day 2023 in the podcast Patient from Hell. Jane speaks with Samira Daswani in an episode entitled “Navigating Uncertainty, Making Decisions in the Absence of Data, Advocating & Caregiving”. Jane’s journey resonates with many people who […]
Thanks to “Good Vibes for McKenna, A Celebration Benefiting Cancer Research” for hosting an EXTRAORDINARY two-day event held January 21st and 22nd in Fort Myers, Florida. We truly appreciate their $25,000 donation to The EHE Foundation to support EHE research and for creating much needed EHE awareness! The event featured a fine dining experience and […]
Our vision at The EHE Foundation is to live in a world where EHE is easily diagnosed and treatable. The support of our community directly impacts every single person diagnosed with EHE. Patients, donors, doctors and researchers help us make that vision a reality. During our Giving Tuesday 2022 campaign, we featured these “Champions of […]
We are pleased to present the fourth session with Dr. Tamara Vesel, Chief of Division of Palliative Care, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine and Dr. Maeve Baechler, LIFE Cancer Coaching. Continuing the discussion, “Who am I now? Integrating the cancer identity into the self,” Drs. Vesel & Baechler […]
The European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) is conducting research to better understand health-related quality of life (HRQoL) concerns among people living with rare cancers. Recently, researchers analyzed results from a group of 31 people with EHE from 11 different countries who participated in the study. The findings showed that pain–and the […]
Prior research has shown that a class of medications called microtubule inhibitors may be effective at controlling the growth of EHE tumors. Recently, researchers conducted a phase 2 study to test whether the microtubule inhibitor eribulin is a safe and effective way to treat patients whose tumors continued to grow after prior treatment. Six (6) […]