Tag Archives: National Institutes of Health

The Cancer Moonshot: Are Our Kids Stepping on the Moon Too?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Team Captain

On September 12, 1962 President Kennedy delivered his famous “moonshot” speech. Declaring that as a nation, we would focus vast resources to landing a man on the moon and safely bringing that man back to earth. It was ambitious and … Continue reading →

The Fault in Our Systems

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Team Captain

by Nathan Traller, Nathalie’s father Editor’s Note: Nathan’s daughter was diagnosed with Aveolar Soft Part Sarcoma (ASPS) two years ago and he has been fighting to get her into a possible life saving clinical trial for PD1 and PDL1. Time … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized | Tagged 2.0 clinical Trials, ASCO, ASPS, Aveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clinical Trials, Compassionate use, FDA, Genentech Inc., genomic profile, Lung MAP trial, Merck, metastatic cancer, Nathan Traller, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, NCI, NIH, PD1, PDL1, pediatric trials, rare disease, tumor bank | 3 Comments

Palliative Care

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Team Captain

About six years ago, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it’s support for palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-tiv) for adults and children suffering from serious illness. Today, 70% of Americans still do not know what it is. To be honest, for … Continue reading →