Happy New Year 2012!
Dear ASPS community, iCureASPS is wishing you all Happy 2012! We would like to thank our “Team ASPS” for the PMC bike ride. Our team has just completed another successful year of fundraiser, following their ride in August. It is the 8th year that Team ASPS participates in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a bike -a-thon that […]
Update on the Cediranib and Sunitinib Clinical Trials for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma Phase II in the USA
Please note the two Phase II clinical trials available for ASPS patients in the US: 1. Sunitinib or Cediranib for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, study number NCT01391962 Contact: NCI Referral Office, Tel. 1-888-NCI-1937 Locations: United States, California Santa Monica Oncology Center Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403 United States, Maryland National Institutes of Health […]
New Clinical Trial for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma in the United Kingdom: CASPS – A Phase II Trial of Cediranib
Dear ASPS Community, We are very happy to report the opening of another clinical trial for ASPS patients in the United Kingdom. This new clinical trial is a phase II trial of Cediranib. Every trial brings with it the hope for cure! ASPS patients who are trying Cediranib are sharing their experience on iCureASPS Forum. […]
Support Research of ASPS: A Novel Mouse Tumor Model
In collaboration with iCureASPS, Dr. George Demetri, Dr. Massimo Loda, and Dr. Ewa Sicinska at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have started a new initiative that aims to find an effective therapy for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma. This research will make use of a cell line that was established from a tumor taken […]
The Third Annual Knockin’ Down ASPS Event in the memory of Anthony Salisbury (AJ)
The third annual Knockin’ Down ASPS Event in the memory of Anthony Salisbury (AJ) took place in May. This year, over $12,000 was raised and donated directly to the laboratory of Dr. Glenn Dranoff at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to support his efforts in finding a cure for Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma. […]
NIH study finds Cediranib benefits patients with ASPS
An experimental drug, cediranib, may benefit alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) patients, according a recent clinical trial. The trial, carried out by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, showed that tumors shrank in more than 50 percent of ASPS patients who were treated with cediranib. These findings […]
Research on ASPS presented at the conference of the “American College of Medical Genetics”
Dr. Shamini Selvarajah presented a summary of her studies on Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma at the 2011 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting that took place at the Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr. Selvarajah is one of the dedicated scientists from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. They study ASPS relentlessly, aiming to […]
Register Now to Join Team ASPS in the 2011 PMC Bike Ride
Since its inception, the iCureASPS organization has transferred more than a quarter million dollars to keep up research, and clinical trials that aim to find a cure for ASPS. I would like to thank the ASPS community, friends, and family who are supporting us in our goal of finding a cure for ASPS. Please make […]
Tumor Expression Profile of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma May Pave the Way for New Treatments at The Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Scientists from the group of Dr. Massimo Loda reported the results of an extensive study that aims to identify potential therapeutic targets for ASPS last Friday. The research team, comprised of Shamini Selvarajah (PhD), Eleanor Chen (MD, PhD), and Saumyadipta Pyne (PhD), used cDNA microarray technology (gene expression array) to examine the expression of 18,401 […]
PMC 2010 Fund Raiser
Dear ASPS Community! This coming weekend in August 2010, Team ASPS will ride in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) for the 7th time! The PMC is a bike-a-thon that crosses Massachusetts to raise money for cancer research and clinical trials at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. I am asking you to sponsor our team bike […]