FOURMIS Project: Understanding and Better Supporting Parents Caring for Children with Cancer
FOURMIS Project: Understanding and Better Supporting Parents Caring for Children with Cancer
Parents of a child with cancer carry out an immense amount of work every day — often invisible. The FOURMIS project, conducted in partnership between Imagine for Margo and Institut Mines-Télécom Business School and funded by the French National Cancer Institute (INCa), aims to understand their realities in order to better respond to their needs. […]
FIGHT KIDS CANCER Innovation Award 2026 – €1 Million to Explore Cancer Metabolism as a New Therapeutic Pathway for Childhood Cancers
FIGHT KIDS CANCER Innovation Award 2026 – €1 Million to Explore Cancer Metabolism as a New Therapeutic Pathway for Childhood Cancers
On May 6, 2026, in Glasgow, Imagine for Margo – Children without Cancer and its European FIGHT KIDS CANCER partners, alongside the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, presented the third Innovation Award to Dr Raphael J. Morscher, paediatric oncologist and researcher at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich (Kispi Zurich) and the University of Zurich. With €1 million […]
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: the BIOMEDE trial publishes in Nature Medicine a historic breakthrough against the most feared pediatric cancer
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: the BIOMEDE trial publishes in Nature Medicine a historic breakthrough against the most feared pediatric cancer
This is a global breakthrough against the most feared pediatric cancer. On April 24, 2026, the journal Nature Medicine publishes the results of phase 2 of the BIOMEDE trial, supported for ten years by Imagine for Margo with €2.5 million. Four children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma are still alive more than six years after […]
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: The BIOMEDE Trial Publishes a Historic Breakthrough in Nature Medicine Against the Most Feared Pediatric Cancer
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: The BIOMEDE Trial Publishes a Historic Breakthrough in Nature Medicine Against the Most Feared Pediatric Cancer
This marks a global breakthrough against the most feared pediatric cancer. On April 24, 2026, the journal Nature Medicine published the phase 2 results of the BIOMEDE trial, supported for ten years by Imagine for Margo with €2.5 million in funding. Four children diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma are still alive more than six […]
Imagine for Margo at the SIOPE Congress: accelerating research to cure all children with cancer
Imagine for Margo at the SIOPE Congress: accelerating research to cure all children with cancer
From October 20 to 23, 2025, Imagine for Margo took part in the annual SIOPE (European Society for Paediatric Oncology) Congress in Amsterdam, a major event for pediatric cancer research. Patricia Blanc, President of the association, and Yannick Tanguy, Head of Research and Mobilization, represented Imagine for Margo at this event, which brought together more […]
FAST Symposium 2026: Research, Innovation, Hope – 15 years of action
FAST Symposium 2026: Research, Innovation, Hope – 15 years of action
The must-attend event in the fight against childhood cancer On Saturday, February 7, 2026, the FAST Symposium will take place at Maison Châteauform’ Metropolitan, located at 13ter boulevard Berthier in Paris’ 17th arrondissement. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this 13th edition will mark a particularly symbolic milestone: 15 years of commitment by Imagine for […]
Health research and innovation: as France falls behind, GenR, an unprecedented coalition, calls for public debate
Health research and innovation: as France falls behind, GenR, an unprecedented coalition, calls for public debate
Oncology and rare diseases: accelerating access to innovation for patients France’s decline in healthcare innovation is no longer a hypothesis — it is already happening. While therapeutic innovations are progressing rapidly worldwide, France is struggling to translate these advances into tangible benefits for patients. It is in this context that GenR was launched: a non-political […]
National Cancer Registry: structuring, understanding and taking action against pediatric cancers
National Cancer Registry: structuring, understanding and taking action against pediatric cancers
Since January 1, 2026, France has implemented a national cancer registry, established by the law of June 30, 2025, and coordinated by the French National Cancer Institute (INCa). This system aims to record diagnosed cancer cases across the country by centralizing reliable, harmonized, and regularly updated data. Until now, epidemiological cancer surveillance relied on local […]
