Volleyball is Leading the Way
As a daughter of someone who had stage IV breast cancer, I like to consider myself fairly knowledgeable on the disease and some of the treatment options available (I’m no expert of course, but I experienced it first hand). However, about two weeks ago I got the chance to tour one of our research facilities and […]
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 […]
October Breast Cancer Awareness Month
ALERT! October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and our Dig Pink Rally has already begun. After a visit to Congress, October 13th is delegated to be a special day for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Unfortunately, that is my diagnosis and gratefully after five years, I am still very much alive and hopeful. Metastatic Breast Cancer is […]
Big Meeting in Maui
On July 22-25, 2009 the Eighth International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer will be held in Maui, Hawaii. Dr. Lance Liotta who is a lead researcher in the Side-Out Clinical Trial, will be a featured speaker in the segment “Toward Personalized Breast Cancer Therapies”. His presentation is titled Deciphering the Dominant Signaling Pathways: […]
Side-Out Science Advisor Featured Speaker
How fortunate we are to have one of the top Cancer specialists in the world helping to place our precious donor funds in the most promising areas of Breast Cancer Research. Most recently Dr. Von Hoff, as a featured speaker at the Denver conference of the American Association for Cancer Research, presented the results of […]
Drug War!!
It’s not difficult enough to have breast cancer but then to have to deal with the medical insurance company giving you a hard time about the drug that’s prescribed by your Doctor in order to prolong your life. It is cruel! Yet this is the medical system we are currently forced to deal with. According […]
Molecular Diagnostics!
I have written quite a bit on the subject of Molecular Profiling only to find out that the glossary of terms around this subject are many and varied. Having now spent several hours researching this subject at the National Cancer Institute perhaps their label of Molecular Diagnostics is most common. To that end take a […]
Molecular Profiling
Fact – The National Cancer Institue 2007 Report on Trends in Cancer made no mention of Molecular Profiling, in spite of its most recent significant contributions to the field of diagnosis and treatment therapies. I would welcome an explanation from NCI or any practicing professional in cancer research.
