Side-Out Protocol Phase 1 Results
June 21, 2013 — There is nothing necessarily unique about presenting a cancer trial at a national oncology conference, but when that trial is funded by high school and college athletes, it becomes extraordinary. At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in early June, scientists introduced the results for the Side-Out Protocol, […]
Why I Dig Pink
Players from Albuquerque Rebels Volleyball Club 16-2 Synergy share why they Dig Pink! “I support Dig Pink because I know what it’s like to just watch my mother go through radiation and so much pain and know that I can’t do anything about it. I want to raise as much money as I can […]
New Research on Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Recently, Emanuel Petriocoin and Lance Liotta of George Mason University’s (GMU) Center for Applied Proteomics & Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) discovered that activation of the protein ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) is associated with inflammatory breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of the disease: “Mason Research Gives Hope to Women With Deadliest Breast Cancer”. Although this study […]
Side-Out Foundation Awards $160K to the FNIH
Rick Dunetz presents the check to FNIH (from left to right: David Wholley (director, The Biomarkers Consortium, FNIH), Dr. Scott Campbell (executive director and CEO, FNIH), Rick Dunetz (founder and executive director, Side-Out), Dr. Emanuel (Chip) Petricoin (co-director, GMU Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine) and Bryant Dunetz (Rick’s dad and COO, Side-Out)) From […]
More Than the Pink
by Julie Matthews, Special Projects Coordinator, The Side-Out Foundation (published in the June 2011 issue of Volleyball Magazine) “It’s about so much more than the pink.” Rick Dunetz wants to ensure that participants and supporters of The Side-Out Foundation’s Dig Pink® events understand this. Rick and his dad, Bryant, started The Side-Out Foundation in 2004, […]
Advocating for the Breast Cancer Deadline!
About three weeks ago, several of us at Side-Out attended The National Breast Cancer Coalition’s (NBCC) Annual Advocacy Training Conference in Washington, DC (Saturday, April 30th through Tuesday, May 3rd). If you haven’t heard about it yet, NBCC set a deadline for the end of breast cancer. In a document explaining the deadline, the organization […]
Side-Out Protocol
Let’s find out what your breast cancer is really made of. So we can treat it differently If you have advanced breast cancer that has progressed through multiple treatments, you may be eligible to participate in a new research study. This study begins with a molecular profile of your tumor which is now available […]
Side-Out Protocol: Year One
Fairfax, VA — March 29, 2011 — The Side-Out Foundation is funding a study looking at a novel approach in treating patients living with advanced breast cancer. This clinical trial (SO-BCA-001) is laying the groundwork for biologically based treatments for breast cancer, utilizing molecular profiling of the patient’s tumor tissue to find potential targets and […]
Arizona Digs Pink®!
It’s hard to find a player, parent or coach that hasn’t been affected by breast cancer in some way. To that end, the Arizona Region is contributing to community education and medical research by hosting the Region’s first Dig Pink® tournaments, to be held both February 5th and February 12th. All teams and clubs are […]
