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Funding Metastatic Breast Cancer Research

I think we all agree that the last year has been challenging on so many levels. The surge of the Covid pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ ability to spread throughout our communities and the globe has profoundly affected the ability to simply carry out daily activities such as attending classes, practicing the sports we love, …

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Clinical Trial Update: What We Will Learn from Side-Out 3

For 12 years, we have been working to personalize treatments through clinical trials for breast cancer patients – because no two are exactly alike. This work has been supported by the fundraising of hundreds of dedicated and passionate volleyball teams around the country through Side-Out’s Dig Pink® initiative.Most recently we have concluded the enrollment of …

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Cancer and COVID-19: How Scientists Are Tackling Both

With the COVID-19 pandemic constantly evolving, everyday activities have changed. The little things we would usually look past (like going to the movies or having lunch with friends) have left bigger gaps than anticipated now that they are limited. We have all had to adapt to this crazy new lifestyle and step into a new …

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Lyndsay Hodge at Research Facility

Side-Out Research Q&A with Lyndsay Hodges

Clear Falls (TX) head coach and breast cancer survivor Lyndsay Hodges visited our research facility at George Mason to learn about our cutting-edge stage IV breast cancer research. After meeting with our research team, including Chip Petricoin and Mariaelena Pierobon, we sat down with her to talk about her visit. What were your thoughts going …

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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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Dr. Robert Invited to Serve on ASCO’s Cancer Research Committee

Dr. Nicholas Robert, one of The Side-Out Foundation’s scientific advisors, was recently invited to serve as a member of the Cancer Research Committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world’s premier professional organization of oncologists. The organization includes approximately 30,000 members worldwide, clincial oncologists of multiple specialties and interests. Dr. Robert’s appointment …

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