SPAGN Annual Conference 2025

đź“‹ Program 🎓 Travel Grants 🏨 Venue 📍 Logistics We are thrilled to announce that the SPAGN Annual Conference 2025 will be held in Washington D.C., USA, from April 11-13, 2025. This will be our first conference in the United States, marking a significant milestone for our global community. Even more exciting, this year’s conference…

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SPAGN Annual Conference 2025

We are thrilled to announce that the SPAGN Annual Conference 2025 will be held in Washington D.C., USA, from April 11-13, 2025. This will be our first conference in the United States, marking a significant milestone for our global community. This highly anticipated event will bring together patient advocates from around the world to discuss…

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Your Poster @CTOS 2025

📣 Share Your Advocacy Work with the Global Sarcoma Community at CTOS 2025 Make your voice heard and your impact visible — Create and submit a poster to be featured on the Patient Advocacy Poster Wall! Sarcoma patient advocacy organizations are cordially invited to participate in SPAGN’s poster presentation session that will be held at…

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ACF’s European Manifesto: Addressing Critical Gaps in Research and Treatment of Rare Cancers🎗️

The Anticancer Fund (ACF) has launched its European Manifesto 2024, presenting a forward-looking strategy to position Europe as a global leader in cancer treatment innovation. With cancer rates set to rise dramatically—35 million new cases projected by 2050—there’s no time to waste. đź•’ SPAGN fully supports the goals set out by the ACF in its…

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Key Findings from Phase II of the SPAGN Priority Setting Partnership published 📝

The Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Global Network (SPAGN) has published the results of the second phase of its Priority Setting Partnership (PSP), focusing on identifying research and patient advocacy priorities in sarcoma care, in “BMC Cancer”. This initiative is groundbreaking as it actively involves patients and carers in shaping the research agenda, ensuring their voices are…

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Save the Date: SPAGN Annual Conference 2025 in Washington D.C.!đź“…

We are thrilled to announce that the SPAGN Annual Conference 2025 will be held in Washington D.C., USA, from April 11-13, 2025. This will be our first conference in the United States, marking a significant milestone for our global community. This highly anticipated event will bring together patient advocates from around the world to discuss…

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Sarcoma Awareness Month 2024 is approaching quickly: Join our campaign!

Sarcoma Awareness Month is held annually in July, a time when the global sarcoma community comes together with a unified mission: to raise awareness about this rare and often overlooked group of cancers and to highlight the unique challenges faced by patients and their families. The Importance of Early and Accurate Diagnosis This month is…

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My lumpy life as a young adult

“After a shower, I noticed an odd lump on my left hip. Two weeks passed, but Lumpy—the name I declared this mysterious lump—remained. Luckily, I had a when in doubt, check it out mentality…” Read about Matt’s sarcoma journey and find out why sarcoma is like skydiving.

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Somos raros, mas juntos somos mas fortes!

Juntas, duas pacientes brasileiras com tumor desmoide, Carolina Menezes e Georgia Garofalo, fundaram a Desmoide Brasil em 2021. Desde entĂŁo, a Desmoide Brasil tem – entre outras iniciativas — organizado simpĂłsios, montado exposições, lançado um registro de pacientes, escrito um livreto de boas-vindas para novos pacientes, e estabelecido uma comunidade online ativa no Facebook e WhatsApp. Sua histĂłria Ă© uma inspiração!

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