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Rare cancers include a wide range of cancer types, from unusual subsets of common cancers to cancers in places they don’t normally appear. Here are 8 different rare cancers you may not know about.
Though individual rare cancers affect small numbers of patients per year, they collectively make up a sizeable portion of cancer diagnoses.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Quality Care Symposium Merit Awards.
These distinguished awards recognize first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium on October 10–11, 2025, in Chicago, IL. Each of the following 42 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:
These are challenging times for early-career oncology researchers and—by extension—the patients and families who need the treatments and cures those researchers dedicate their careers to pursuing. With grants disappearing and federal research funding in short supply, junior investigators are often among the hardest hit.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Twisted Pink’s “Metastatic Breast Cancer Impact Award,” powered by Conquer Cancer’s EveryGrant®, has awarded a grant to Hanna Irie, MD, PhD, for her work studying a novel therapeutic approach targeting brain metastases in patients with triple negative breast cancer.
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