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How Entry Fees Made all the Difference in Chicago

Summer is always an exciting time for the volleyball community. It is peak season for beach volleyball tournaments around the U.S. From coast to coast, the excitement of these competitions brings communities together to enjoy participating in and watching this exciting sport. With the crowds of people, the record keeping, and communication between coaches and

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Breaking the Nonprofit Mold; How Our Foundation Dares to be Different

At our very beginning, sport collided with our cause in a way Executive Director Rick Dunetz couldn’t predict. With his mother Gloria diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer and a team of young volleyball players thrown onto Rick’s plate at the same time, two very magical things started to happen. His team, not

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Chip Petricoin, Mariaelena Pierobon, Alex Reeder with Side-Out poster

The Side-Out Protocol: A Scientist’s Perspective

As a physician-scientist, I have been part of the Side-Out trial since 2009. The major goal of the trial is the improvement of survival rates of metastatic breast cancer patients through the delivery of what is known as “precision medicine.” But what does the term really mean? I have spent hundreds of hours at the

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metastatic breast cancer research

The State of Research for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Approximately 2 percent of cancer research focuses on metastatic cancer of all different types. Research for metastatic breast cancer receives about 5 percent of that 2 percent. Since metastatic breast cancer affects 30 percent of all breast cancer patients, Metavivor has proposed that metastatic breast cancer research receive 30 percent of the breast cancer research

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Phrma Research & Hope Award

Side-Out Wins National 2015 PhRMA Research & Hope Award

Washington, D.C., September 10, 2015 — Northern Virginia-based non-profit, The Side-Out Foundation, was honored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA Research) with the Community Champion Research & Hope Award at a celebration in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening, the foundation announced. The award recognizes Side-Out for its outstanding achievements in the fight

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