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EHE Research Update Teleconference – Nov 2nd
Please join us for our annual “EHE Research Update” teleconference on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (US). Jane Gutkovich, The EHE Foundation’s Director of Research, will be going over these main topics: What is EHE? Or rather EHEs? Why we all are so different? What have we […]
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International Sarcoma Kindred Study (ISKS)
What is ISKS? ISKS is . afree to participate global genetic, biological, epidemiological, clinical resource developed to understand the genetic basis of sarcoma in a population. ISKS has created a world first, one of a kind, database that is accessed by doctors, researchers and scientists across the globe. ISKS was developed by Australian EHE Medical […]
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Stay up to Date on EHE by Reading The Pledge: Edition 18, Q3 – July-Sept, 2019
Click here to read the Pledge: Edition 18, Q3 – July-Sept, 2019
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EHE Foundation at ASCO 2019!
EHE Foundation joined over 30,000 cancer experts from around the world in Chicago, IL in early June to learn of the latest clinical cancer research impacting patient care. The theme of this year’s conference is Caring for Every Patient, Learning From Every Patient. EHE Foundation board members and staff participated in the patient advocate track […]
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Stay up to Date on EHE by Reading The Pledge: Edition 17, Q2 – April-June, 2019
Click here to read the Pledge: Edition 17, Q2 – April-June, 2019
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The EHE Foundation and Cleveland Clinic Receive $1M Research Gift from the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: LeeAnn Conner, [email protected] Fundraising across the world will secure additional $1M through a matching grant from the Petersen Foundation August 15, 2019 (Hobart, WI): The EHE Foundation and Cleveland Clinic received a major gift from the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation. One million dollars will be donated to Cleveland Clinic […]
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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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