About the Foundation

The Foundation for Cancer Research Support (RakFond) is a non-profit organization whose main tasks include: financing research and development activities, development of new methods and tools for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, promoting the development and improvement of research and scientific activities of research institutions, scientific centers, oncological hospitals, and individual specialists in the field of oncology. The Foundation was founded in 2017 and operates on the territory of the Russian Federation.

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13 Jun

One week left to register applications for the competition of clinical research projects in oncology

Applications submission is open for proposals of randomized clinical trials in oncology and related areas. Application due date is July 01, 2019. Online pre-registration is required by June 20, 2019... more

3 Jun

RUSSIAN ONCOLOGISTS PROPOSED A NEW WAY TO PREVENT CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING

Results of the clinical trial are presented today at the largest oncology ASCO meeting in Chicago, USA... more

30 May

RESULTS OF THE SUPPORTED RESEARCH ON LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT

В Санкт-Петербурге завершилось второе исследование, поддержанное исследовательским грантом RUSSCO и РакФонда для молодых ученых и начинающих исследователей в области онкологии... Результаты проведенного исследования будут в ближайшее время опубликованы в специализированных изданиях... more

24 May

RAKFOND HAS JOINED "NUZHNA POMOSCH" PLATFORM

RakFond has successfully completed an expert assessment and became a participant on the platform "Nuzhna pomosch". From now on, donations for RakFond can be made through the platform. In addition, anyone can organize a fundraising event for RakFond at https://sluchaem.ru... more

22 May

FINAL RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY RAKFOND ARE PUBLISHED

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released the materials of the upcoming Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 31 - June 4, 2019. The oral presentation of the final results of the randomized phase II trial, supported by RakFond, will be given by its author Dr. Alexey Rumyantsev during the Symptoms and Survivorship session... more

25 Apr

RAKFOND ANNOUNCES A NEW COMPETITION TO SUPPORT CLINICAL RESEARCH

Foundation for Cancer Research Support (RakFond) opens applications submission for the competition of clinical research projects in oncology... more

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14 Jun

NEWS OF THE 2019 ASCO ANNUAL MEETING: PART I

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting took place at the beginning of June in Chicago, USA. Alexey Rumyantsev, MD in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy of the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, RakFond’s grantee, IDEA (International Development and Education Award) awardee and this year’s presenter at the ASCO meeting, has put together the main news of the meeting... more

15 Feb

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Issues the 14th Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer

ASCO’s Clinical Cancer Advances 2019 highlights the most significant clinical research advances of the past year and identifies priority areas where research efforts should be focused to accelerate progress against cancer... more

28 Dec

2018 RESEARCH YEAR: ONCOLOGY NEWS

The area of oncology in 2018 was full of events and news, new studies results, some of them were practice-changing. Here we publish selected interesting news of this year... more

19 Dec

MOTIVATION AND ROLE OF CLINICAL TRIALS FOR AN ONCOLOGIST’S SUCCESSFUL CLINICAL PRACTICE

By Timur Mitin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, Medical Director of the Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center (Portland, USA). more

19 Oct

Cancer statistics: incidence and mortality

This September the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued the 2018 update of the GLOBOCAN – the online tool which contains data on incidence and mortality for 36 cancers in 185 countries... more

18 Sep

Annual Cancer Progress Report Issued by the American Association for Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has released its annual Cancer Progress Report, which describes how research improves survival and quality of life for people around the world... more

Interviews with experts

RakFond's experts talk in their short interviews about their choice to become an oncologist, which cancer research they could name as their favorite, and why cancer research support is important.

Interview with Katerina Gurova

Interview with Katerina Gurova, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Oncology, Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, USA)... Learn about the regulation of reading in the library of genes, the role of the "gene of conscience"... more

Interview with Jacek Gronwald

Interview with Jacek Gronwald, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University (Szczecin, Poland), Member of RakFond's Scientific Advisory Board. Learn about hereditary cancers, studies of lifestyle factors in oncology... more

Interview with Alexey Danilov

Interview with Alexey Danilov, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, USA), Member of RakFond's Scientific Advisory Board...Learn about research translation from bench to bedside, the discovery and research of the novel therapies in hematologic malignancies... more

Interview with Alexey Tryakin

Interview with Alexey Tryakin, M.D., D.Sci., Chief Scientist, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy of N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology (Moscow, Russia)... Learn about the inception of the targeted therapy in oncology, what advantages of participating in clinical trials bring to doctors and patients... more

Interview with Irina Demidova

Interview with Irina Demidova, M.D., Ph.D., Head of Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Moscow Oncological Hospital #62 (Russia)... Learn about the role of molecular diagnostics in oncology, which research is most often translated into the clinical practice... more

Interview with Timur Mitin

Interview with Timur Mitin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University... Learn more about radiation oncology, the significance of the organ-conserving treatment... more

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