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Category: ALK Positive News

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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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  • 2019 ALK+ Summit group photo

    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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    $7.6M Gift Launches New Lung Cancer Research Initiative at University of Michigan’s Rogel Cancer Center

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a reprint of a press release from the University of Michigan’s Rogel Cancer Center – this $7.6 million gift from Judith L. Tam and the Richard

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    Understanding ALK structural data

    “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories”; a quote by the famous Chinese historical figure Sun Tzu. Accordingly, scientists have been working hard at understanding the

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    Sequencing treatment in ALK-positive cancer

    The proverbial question, “what is my best treatment option?” is always on a patient’s mind. With the current treatment options available to us, ALKies, “what should we do?” comes up

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