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All Things Cancer | National Foundation for Cancer Research

Join Dr. Sujuan Ba, the CEO of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, as she sits down with leading scientists, advocates, researchers, and patients who are shaping the future of cancer research and care. In each episode, Dr.

Podcast · By National Foundation for Cancer Research · American English · Official site

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Sep 4, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    The Awkward Mistake That Sparked a 25-Year Cancer Research Partnership (opens the original)

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    From a graduate student who couldn't reliably spell "genetics" to the scientist who provided the first experimental evidence for the class of gene now called "tumor suppressors" — Dr. Webster "Web" Cavenee's career changed how we understand and treat cancer. In this episode, Dr. Cavenee sits down with NFCR President & CEO Dr. Sujuan Ba to trace a friendship and scientific partnership that's spanned more than 25 years — starting with a name Cavenee accidentally botched at a conference podium. Fro

  2. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    From Frogs to Algorithms: The Unlikely Duo Rewriting Breast Cancer Research (opens the original)

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    What happens when a cancer biologist and a mathematician become research partners? In this episode of All Things Cancer, Dr. Lisa Coussens and Dr. Elana Fertig sit down to talk about the unlikely collaboration transforming how we understand breast cancer. Lisa's path wound through art school, marine biology, and an early stint at Genentech before she became a leading cancer biologist. Elana came to science through a love of puzzles and math, eventually applying data science to weather prediction

  3. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

    He Held Her Foot Through Every MRI For 7 Years — Then She Was Gone (opens the original)

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    When Tom Clark's wife Bernadette — a nurse and his high school sweetheart of over 50 years — began showing subtle, out-of-character symptoms, she was the one who suspected something was seriously wrong before any scan confirmed it. She was right: a brain tumor, later diagnosed as glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive cancers there is. In this episode of All Things Cancer, Tom sits down with Dr. Sujuan Ba, NFCR's President and CEO, to share the full arc of Bernadette's journey — from tha

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