Gillian Parrish, President of Parrish Public Relations and an advisor to the Paying With Our Lives advocacy campaign and TCF CEO Jim Palma at the 2025 NORD...
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Reflecting on Rare Cancer Day 2025: Stories, Science, and Hope
This reflection was written by Gillian Parrish, President of Parrish Public Relations, and an advisor to the Paying With Our Lives advocacy campaign. I am...
Turning Tragedy Into Triumph
This reflection was written by Marcel Thompkins, who ran the 129th Boston Marathon as a member of Team TargetCancer Foundation 2025. Being a member of...
Finding Meaning Behind The Miles
This reflection was written by Amanda Melillo, PhD, a member of TargetCancer Foundation 2025's Boston Marathon team Running the Boston Marathon has been a...
We Can’t Stop Now — Why We Must Raise Our Voices In Support of Rare Cancer Research
This perspective was written by Kristen Palma, President, TargetCancer Foundation In my life I have had the experience of being a caregiver to a loved one who...
TCF Announces Paying With Our Lives: Save Rare Cancer Research Advocacy Campaign
Speak Out to Save Rare Cancer Research! There’s no such thing as a “good” cancer diagnosis. Hearing the words “you have cancer” unleashes fear, uncertainty,...
A Powerful Experience Volunteering with TCF at ASCO: Reflections from Kim Balkus
This reflection was written by TCF Volunteer and Advocate Kim Balkus. When my mom was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in 2013, TargetCancer Foundation...
Translating Loss into Discovery: Paul’s Legacy
This reflection was written by Kristen Palma, President, TargetCancer FoundationThis is a story about possibility, even when confronted with an impossible...
A Promise Fulfilled: 15 Years After Paul Poth’s Vision, a New Era in Cholangiocarcinoma Research Begins
A founding goal of TCF is realized as researchers identify potential drug targets and uncover novel disease subtypes through in-depth genetic and cellular...
The Power of Advocacy: Collective Strength Through the Rare Cancer Patient Voice Webinar
TCF Volunteer Abigail Linehan contributed to this webinar recap. On May 15, we were lucky to be joined by four incredible women whose advocacy is having a...
Good luck Team TCF25!
On April 21st, the twelve members of Team TargetCancer Foundation 2025 will tackle the 129th Boston Marathon® presented by Bank of America. The team has spent...
TCF’s Spring Marathon of Events
This reflection was written by Samantha Sullivan, Associate Director of Programs and Community Engagement at TargetCancer Foundation As Boston begins...
Reflections on TCF’s 16th Anniversary From Founding Board Member Janet Fine
This reflection was written by Janet E. Fine M.S., a founding member of the TCF Board of Directors. Having just marked the 16th anniversary of the founding of...
Marking TCF’s 16th Anniversary
Today marks TargetCancer Foundation’s 16th Anniversary! On this day in 2009, our founder Paul Poth filed the papers for TargetCancer Foundation to become an...
TCF Statement Regarding Recent Executive Actions
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