2017 - Updates & Insights Blog

Hope for a Rare Disease Through TCGA: My Perspective as a Caregiver, Patient Advocate, and Physician
- By Sara Selig, M.D., M.P.H.
- November 20, 2017
The founder of the Melanoma Research Foundation's Community United for Research and Education of Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) initiative describes her journey from having a loved one diagnosed with a rare disease, to forming a patient advocacy group, to teaming up with The Cancer Genome Atlas in a collaborative research effort.
TARGETing the Clinic: Translating Discoveries for Pediatric Cancer
- By Jaime M. Guidry Auvil, Ph.D.
- November 1, 2017
Reflections on multiple successes the TARGET initiative has made towards the advancement of pediatric cancer research and treatment.