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The Awkward Mistake That Sparked a 25-Year Cancer Research Partnership

From a graduate student who couldn't reliably spell "genetics" to the scientist who provided the first experimental evidence for the class of gene now called "tumor suppr

From Frogs to Algorithms: The Unlikely Duo Rewriting Breast Cancer Research

What happens when a cancer biologist and a mathematician become research partners? In this episode of All Things Cancer, Dr. Lisa Coussens and Dr. Elana Fertig sit down

He Held Her Foot Through Every MRI For 7 Years — Then She Was Gone

When Tom Clark's wife Bernadette — a nurse and his high school sweetheart of over 50 years — began showing subtle, out-of-character symptoms, she was the one who suspecte

The Cancer That Has No Symptoms — Until It's Too Late

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world — and the most survivable, if you catch it early. Dr. Ron Shore has spent 34 years and 28,000 patient screenings provin

He Spent 3 Weeks Unplugged at the Bottom of the Grand Canyon — While Accidentally Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment

What happens when a curious biochemist follows his wife to California, falls in love with whitewater rafting — and accidentally makes one of the most important cancer dis

Your Mammogram Can Now Predict Cancer Before You Have It -- Here's the Doctor Making It Happen

What if you could know your breast cancer risk at 25 and actually do something about it? Dr. Funmi Olopade, a trailblazing oncologist at the University of Chicago, has

Doctors Gave Her 3 Years to Live. She Changed Cancer Research Instead.

At age 37, Kathy Giusti was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and told she had just three years to live. Instead of accepting that fate, she turned urgency into action and

Why Was Half This Village Dying of Cancer— And No One Stopped It?

Half a village was dying of cancer. No one could explain why. For the Season One finale of All Things Cancer, we’re ending with a story that changed the trajectory of ca

We’re Drowning in Cancer Data — And Still Missing Cures

In this episode, Dr. Sujuan Ba is joined by Dr. Ann Barker, one of the most influential architects of modern cancer research, for a wide-ranging conversation on where the

One Diagnosis. Seven Years. A Lifetime of Impact.

In this heartfelt episode of All Things Cancer, NFCR CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with Shereen Pavlides and her daughter, Isabella Pavlides, to explore how personal loss c

Cancer Research Is at Risk: Dr. Bertagnolli Reveals What Washington Isn’t Saying

In this episode of All Things Cancer, Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with Dr. Monica Bertagnolli — surgeon, scientist, former Director of the National Cancer Institute and forme

The Next Frontier: Can CAR-T Therapy Finally Conquer Solid Tumors?

What happens when a pioneering oncologist and a next-generation immunotherapy researcher sit down to talk about the future of cancer care? Join NFCR President and CEO Dr

Beyond the Tumor: Dr. Isaac Witz’s Vision for the Future of Cancer Treatment

In this episode of All Things Cancer, NFCR CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with Dr. Isaac Witz, the 2023 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research laureate and a pi

From Aha Moments to Breakthroughs: Dr. Drew Pardoll on Immunotherapy

In this episode of All Things Cancer, NFCR President and CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with Dr. Drew Pardoll, a pioneer in cancer immunology, to explore the breakthroughs r

From Terminal to Triumph: Cheryl’s Journey Through Stage 4 Melanoma

Continuing our Survivor Mini-Series: In this powerful episode of All Things Cancer, NFCR President and CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with Cheryl, a stage IV melanoma surv

Early Detection Isn’t Enough: How Experts Are Changing the Future of Cancer Care

In this powerful episode of All Things Cancer, host Dr. Sujuan Ba convenes some of the most forward-thinking voices in oncology to explore how early detection and early i

Real Talk, Real Resilience: Hope Stewart on Facing Cancer and Giving Back

In this inaugural episode of our special Survivor Series on All Things Cancer, NFCR President and CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba sits down with breast cancer survivor and NFCR Communi

When the Money Stops: What’s at Risk in Cancer Research

Every cancer breakthrough begins with a single step—funding. In this episode of All Things Cancer, NFCR CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba speaks with leading researchers about the fundin

Engineering a Cure: Dr. Rakesh Jain on Tumor Biology and Bold Ideas

This special edition of All Things Cancer features a powerful conversation with Dr. Rakesh Jain—pioneering scientist, educator, and longtime NFCR-supported researcher—on

Curiosity, Controversy, and the Cancer Breakthrough

In this episode of All Things Cancer, we sit down with Nobel Laureate Dr. James Allison—the trailblazing scientist who changed the course of cancer treatment by harnessin