Research
UNCAN: A EUROPEAN PROJECT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CANCERS
UNCAN: A EUROPEAN PROJECT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CANCERS
On September 8, 2022 in Paris, Patricia Blanc, Founding President of the Imagine for Margo association participated in the launch of the UNCAN project (UNderstand CANcer). This European program, led by France, aims to create a data platform to better understand cancers. UNCAN: BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR BETTER CARE The UNCAN (UNderstand CANcer) project, led by […]INTERVIEW – MAPPYACTS: A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE HYPER PERSONALIZED CANCEROLOGY OF THE FUTURE!
INTERVIEW – MAPPYACTS: A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE HYPER PERSONALIZED CANCEROLOGY OF THE FUTURE!
The results of the international MAPPYACTS study, co-funded by Imagine for Margo, have just been published. They lay the foundations for access to precision medicine for young children with cancer when conventional treatment has failed. A real hope for all our little warriors who are fighting against the disease. Birgit Geoeger from Gustave Roussy (France) […]FIGHT KIDS CANCER 2022: 5 EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAMS SELECTED
FIGHT KIDS CANCER 2022: 5 EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAMS SELECTED
Fight Kids Cancer is an unprecedented European call for projects that we launched in 2020 with the Belgian KickCancer Foundation and the Luxembourg Kriibskrank Kanner Foundation, in collaboration with the ESF – European Science Foundation – and a committee of international scientific experts. In 2022, 28 research projects were evaluated according to three criteria – […]MAPPYACTS: HOPE FOR NEW THERAPIES THANKS TO TUMOR GENOME SEQUENCING
MAPPYACTS: HOPE FOR NEW THERAPIES THANKS TO TUMOR GENOME SEQUENCING
MAPPYACTS study: a first step towards the hyper-personalized oncology of the future! The final results of this international study, co-financed by Imagine for Margo, lay the foundations for access to precision medicine for the cancer youngest patients when conventional treatment has failed. This clinical research program, the results of which have been published in the […]PEDIATRIC CANCERS AMONG FRANCE’S PRIORITIES DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
PEDIATRIC CANCERS AMONG FRANCE’S PRIORITIES DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Our President, Patricia Blanc, took part in the European working group which made it possible to identify the priorities for pediatric cancers announced on February 4th, during the European Cancer Meetings of the French National Cancer Institute. During this event, 3 major initiatives were identified; Acquire the means to coordinate and monitor the implementation of […]ACCELERATING PRECISION MEDICINE FOR ALL CHILDREN
ACCELERATING PRECISION MEDICINE FOR ALL CHILDREN
Each year, 2,500 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer in France. For 20% of them, there is still no treatment to cure them. Their only hope: progress in research. Faced with these intolerable and unbearable figures, it is important to change the situation. Imagine for Margo has worked, since its creation in 2011, on […]8th edition of our FAST conference
8th edition of our FAST conference
On Saturday March 6, 2021, the 8th edition of our FAST conference took successfully place in a connected way, via Zoom. Throughout the morning, we were able to discuss with the various players in research in France – doctors, researchers, institutions, parliamentarians, drug manufacturers – on the progress of research in pediatric oncology and the […]RESEARCH AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER: ADVANCES IN 2020
