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Living with #CCAHope
At the 9th Annual Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Conference, the communications team introduced a new social media campaign, "Living with #CCAHope." CCF…
Happy Thanksgiving Canada
Dear Friend, Last Canadian Thanksgiving, I enjoyed dinner with my family. It was a small gathering of my husband, mom,…
Man runs a marathon each month in honor of his wife, who has been diagnosed with rare bile duct cancer twice
Delorean Ostrom's 'Racing for Hope' campaign raises funds to advance cholangiocarcinoma research with proceeds benefiting the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation SALT LAKE…
Monthly Scientific Update – October 2022 (Breath Tests Could Help Diagnose Cholangiocarcinoma: An Innovative Approach to Early Detection)
Kelly Butler, Dr. Reham Abdel-Wahab Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is often detected at an advanced stage that is difficult to treat. Early…
Racing for Hope Journal Entry 21
When I got this idea to run a marathon a month, I knew it would be hard. I really underestimated…
Racing for Hope Journal Entry 20
Monday, September 12th, 2022 Mandy is having surgery to remove lymph nodes that are of concern. Walking into the hospital…
New standard of care for rare cancer with FDA approval of Imfinzi applauded by Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
AstraZeneca TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed adding immunotherapy to standard chemotherapy increases overall survival in advanced biliary tract cancer The…
Monthly Scientific Update – September 2022 (Precision Therapeutics for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma)
Kelly Butler, Dr. Reham Abdel-Wahab The traditional chemotherapies gemcitabine and cisplatin have several side effects and have been used to…
Monthly Scientific Update – September 2022 (Can bacteria help fight cancer?)
George Riddle, Dr. Reham Abdel-Wahab Bacteria live in our guts - in all of us. Some of them are good;…
2022 University of Chicago Regional Symposium
Join us for a day dedicated to the science of cholangiocarcinoma. The symposium includes presentations from University of Chicago clinicians…