CF Executive Director takes message to Forbes Healthcare Summit
Recognition of the challenges of chordoma and opportunities for improving the lives of patients are critical to increasing research and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Latest Updates
Physician-scientist is using CF grant to develop personalized blood test for chordoma patients
Featured Researcher: Dr. Chetan Bettegowda Because chordoma is such a rare cancer, most doctors-in-training never even come across it during medical … Continue reading
New initiative launches to organize the UK chordoma community
The UK chordoma community has a new opportunity to accelerate the search for a cure for chordoma through an initiative … Continue reading
UK clinical trial tests ultrasound to treat chordoma
Investigators in the United Kingdom have launched a clinical trial to test whether a state-of-the-art ultrasound technology may be effective … Continue reading
Therapeutic vaccine trial for chordoma patients quickly completes accrual
How a clinical trial for a cancer-fighting vaccine came to include chordoma patients Last month, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), … Continue reading
First clinical practice guidelines developed for chordoma
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has published the first guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care of chordoma … Continue reading
National Cancer Institute opens first therapeutic vaccine trial for chordoma patients
The National Cancer Institute has expanded an ongoing Phase I clinical trial of a therapeutic vaccine targeting the brachyury protein … Continue reading
Record number of labs apply for CF Seed Grants
Following the Fourth International Chordoma Research Workshop, letters of intent poured in with new ideas and potential collaborations that researchers … Continue reading
Momentum surges following Chordoma Research Workshop and Community Conference
Last month, doctors, scientists, patients, and family members from around the world gathered in Boston for the Fourth International Chordoma … Continue reading
Chordoma Foundation presents first annual Uncommon Awards
Whether a patient, family member, volunteer, donor, physician, or researcher, our connection to chordoma makes us uncommon in what we make of … Continue reading