Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the U.S. and our very own Barbara Van Hare will be speaking at their 2024 Great Plains Rare Disease Summit May 16-17 about the future of patient-powered research! Join virtually or in person at app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0277600…

Want to support rare cancer research? You can by grabbing RCRF apparel from our shop! Visit rarecancer.org/shop

Join us for the 14th Annual Great Plains Rare Disease Summit!

Barbara is a consultant to the Cancer Cell Line Factory at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a member of NORD's Rare Cancer Coalition.

Registration Link: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0277600…

This oncology leader says we're naming cancers all wrong. What do you think? Comment below!

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The RCRF team represented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference. We connected with brilliant researchers, spoke with people about the incredible rare cancer patient community, and were inspired by the talks and connections!
#AACR24 #rarecancercommunity

Shout out to RCRF's very own Amber Smith who's involved with not one but two posters at this week's AACR conference about T cell therapies and drug screening using patient-derived organoids!

Check them out if you're at the conference: abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20272/p…

Proud and excited welcome Spanios to our community of research partners! Our new partnership aims to propel the discovery and validation of groundbreaking therapeutic options for the most underserved segments of our community.

Read more: prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Here’s a great article about single cell sequencing. Many of the research projects which Pattern.org partners with utilize single cell sequencing. Why is it so important in the search for better #rarecancer treatments?
Read here: insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/precisi…
#cancerresearch

Check out this interview with Dr. Katie Campbell - rising star in oncology research and proud advisor to RCRF's initiatives - about understanding genomics in cancer research.

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The AACR Foundation's Annual Meeting highlights the work of the best minds in cancer research from institutions all over the world. Come by our booth April 7-10 in the Advocacy Pavilion!

Learn More: aacr.org/meeting/aacr-a…

Research News: Therapy built on tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes is now being prepared for at least 20 people in the United States with advanced melanoma.

Read more: nature.com/articles/d4158…
#cancerresearch #immunology

Updates from the Research World: Cedars-Sinai researchers successfully utilized AI to make pathology reports machine-readable, which could improve cancer patient recruitment in clinical trials.

Read more: healthitanalytics.com/news/artificia…
#cancerresearch #artificialintelligence

New charity partner Rare Cancer Research Foundation finds cures for rare cancers through accelerated research & promising therapies.

Their Pattern.org improves research & gives personalized data w/ treatment options for patients.

We wish @rarecancerrf much success!

“I didn’t know how to live my life because I didn’t know how much time I had left.”

Katie Coleman wishes she had support from @rarecancerrf during rare cancer treatment. Read about her journey + the work she's doing to help other patients: bit.ly/3V53tAs

#RareAsOne

Rare cancer research revolutionizes treatment across all cancer types. Read more about how the rare cancer patient community is revolutionizing research, from our partners at the Jedi Rare Cancer Foundation.

jedicancerfoundation.org/how-rare-cance…

Science is better with patients as partners. Rare Cancer Research Foundation + Pattern.org is making this a reality by helping patients influence the trajectory of rare cancer research nationwide by donating their live tumor tissue at pattern.org

#RareAsOne

Hear from RCRF's very own Katie Coleman (Katie Coleman) interviewed by @KatieCouricMedia about how her experience with rare cancer drives her work at RCRF!

katiecouric.com/health/cancer/…