We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! From sharing their own philanthropic efforts, helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, we have been lucky to have some of the most amazing people volunteer their time and efforts to GRACE. This month we are pleased to give a gracious nod and a huge thank you to Tom Murphy! Barb Murphy was diagnosed in 2007 with lung cancer. Barb passed in December, 2013, but during that time...
GRACE and Living Yoga Therapy continue to provide more in our series on surviving with cancer. Our friend and partner, Raquel Jex Forsgren, founder of Living Yoga Therapy based in Chicago continues to bring us wonderful tips and yoga techniques for dealing with cancer. Raquel has provided GRACE with helpful videos targeted for the cancer community, and dealing with the stresses and strains of a cancer journey. We invite you to visit our partner page for the list of videos provided by Raquel, and...
We are excited to share with you more videos from a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology, Executive Director, Employer Services at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Founder, President and CEO Of GRACE, Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Levy MD, Clinical Director Of Medical Oncology, Assistant Professor Of Oncology at the Johns...
We are excited to share with you a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology, Executive Director, Employer Services at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Founder, President and CEO Of GRACE, Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Levy MD, Clinical Director Of Medical Oncology, Assistant Professor Of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel...
We are excited to share with you a recent series of discussions between Drs. Howard (Jack) West, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology, Executive Director, Employer Services at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Founder, President and CEO Of GRACE, Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH with the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Levy, MD, Clinical Director Of Medical Oncology, Assistant Professor Of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney...
We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! From helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, we have been lucky enough to meet some of the most amazing people. This month we are pleased to give a gracious nod and a huge thank you to Dan Laubhan. We first met Dan at ASCO when he offered to help us work the booth at the yearly Chicago event. GRACE volunteer Dan Laubhan's day job is practicing transactional law as a...
As oncology treatments continue to evolve and change over time, so do various treatment options available. Clinical trials present the opportunity to use new treatment options that are still being studied and not approved by the FDA, clinical trials may compare a new treatment to a treatment that is already available as well. Thanks to science and the fascinating arena of clinical trials, some patients now have a plethora of options available to treat their cancer, should you meet the various...
We are excited to be able to share the following article provided by a member of the GRACE Fellows Ambassador Program, Dr. Arjun Gupta. The article, originally written for JAMA Oncology, is an amazing and warm piece about Dr. Gupta's experience with his first patient as a first-year oncology fellow. To view the full article on the JAMA website, please follow this link, or scroll down to see the full text. We are very much looking forward to collaborating with Dr. Gupta on supportive care...
We couldn't do what we do without you, our volunteers! From helping at the ASCO booth, admin and transcription work, to spreading pamphlets and information about GRACE, we have been lucky enough to meet some of the most amazing people. This month we are pleased to give a gracious nod and a huge thank you to Patrick Moroney. We first met Patrick at ASCO 2018 when he offered to help us work the booth at the yearly Chicago event. Pat Moroney lives in the Chicago area with his wife Eileen, who has...