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RTFCCR and Patvocates jointly boost implementation of effective patient involvement in collaborative cancer research March 14, 2023 Following the wish of its Board of Directors, in 2020, Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research (RTFCCR) embraced an ambitious mission: boosting the implementation of patient involvement in cancer research. To make this mission a reality, RTFCCR …

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Request for Proposals: Chronic pain research March 1, 2023 Background  Cancer pain is a complex, temporally changing symptom, which arises from three primary pathophysiologic mechanisms – nociceptive, neuropathic, and psychogenic. Nociceptive pain arises from chemical, mechanical, or thermal injury to tissue that is identified by the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in the perception of …

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World Cancer Day with Beaba February 4, 2023 To celebrate World Cancer Day, Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research is supporting the new project from Beaba: Signals to Save Lives. This initiative aims to support the training of primary care health professionals on the early diagnosis of childhood cancer. The project consists of an …

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Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research – CALL for REVIEWERS 2023 February 2, 2023 For our Grant Review Committee, we are looking for reviewers for clinical cancer research proposals.   We seek Patient Research Advocates with experience in reviewing grant applications and personal experience on:    renal cancer melanoma Grant applications will be available for …

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Improving patient care for older men/adults with metastatic prostate cancer January 24, 2023 The Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research (RTFCCR) is supporting the opening of a new clinical trial at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada. The trial, led by Dr Shabbir Alibhai, aims at improving the care of older patients suffering …

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Rising Tide Foundation’s newest initiative: the Spark Fund for Collaboration January 19, 2023 Following an expression of interest by grantees to collaborate on existing and future projects, Rising Tide Foundation launched the Spark Fund for Collaboration – a designated fund for former and current RTF grantees to develop and test ideas for collaboration between at …

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Match-making service request for proposals December 22, 2022 RTFCCR would like to invite proposals from a consortium (comprised of medical/research organizations and at least three patient organizations which are cancer focused) to advance creation of an international patient involvement match-making platform.  The grant provided to the winning proposal(s) is up to USD 300,000.   Background …

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