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Category: ALK Positive News

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    ALK Positive and LUNGevity Foundation Announce Recipients of the 2022 ALK-Positive Research Awards

    To transform advanced ALK-positive lung cancer into a chronic or curable disease, ALK Positive to award $1.75 million through their research award program WASHINGTON, DC (December 1, 2022)— Patient organization […]

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    Groups Award Two Grants for ALK-positive Lung Cancer Research

    (December 28, 2022) – ALK Positive Inc. (ALK Positive) and The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) announce funding of two ALK-positive related lung cancer projects. These grants, totaling $500,000, are […]

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    Moderna’s Cancer Vaccine Program

    Highly successful Covid vaccines have raised the question of ‘why not cancer vaccines?’, a question of great interest and financial contribution for the ALK Positive NSCLC community in recent years.   […]

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    WE NEED YOUR INFO: Take part in our longitudinal survey of ALK+ Cancer Patients

    More participants = more data = better research = more life!We invite you to complete a patient survey/registry specific to ALK-positive lung cancer. This is an IRB approved professionally study […]

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    ALK+ Summit 2022 in Denver, CO was largest Summit yet!!

    Date: July 29th-31st          Attendees: in-person: 250 Virtual: 850 The ALK Positive annual summit was once again a huge success! This year the event was held both in […]

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  • Dr. Kenneth Culver

    Dr. Kenneth Culver named Director of Research & Clinical Affairs for ALK Positive Inc.

    We are excited to welcome Dr. Kenneth Culver as our first Director of Research & Clinical Affairs! Dr. Culver graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1981.  […]

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    Gilteritinib overcomes lorlatinib resistance in ALK-rearranged cancer

    by Mizuta et al. (Japan) A common problem that we face is that cancer becomes resistant to our TKIs (Crizotinib, Brigatinib, Alectinib, Ceritinib, and Lorlatinib) over time. There are two […]

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    The Latest & Greatest from ALK Positive Inc.

    ALK Positive, Inc. became a registered 501c3 (nonprofit) organization in March 2021. Both the ALK Positive Board of Directors and the ALK Positive Committees are comprised of volunteer members from […]

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  • ALK Positive Inc. at ASCO (June 3-7, 2022)

    “Going to ASCO was a great opportunity to network and represent the organization, help move ALK to the top, and let people know who we are. I feel it was […]

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    The latest from ALK Positive Inc.

    May 14, 2022 ALK Positive, Inc. became a registered 501c3 (nonprofit) organization in March 2021. Both the ALK Positive Board of Directors and the ALK Positive Committees are comprised of […]

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    LUNGevity Partners with ALK Positive to Award $1.5 Million in Lung Cancer Research Grants

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia ContactColin Bartonmedical@alkpositive.org303-204-3388 WASHINGTON, DC (January 27, 2022) — LUNGevity Foundation is partnering for the third time with the patient-led registered nonprofit organization ALK Positive to support the […]

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    ALK-positive Best Care 101

    ALK-positive best care 101

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