• A Spanish research team reveals the origin of second paediatric tumours

    A team of experts from the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute and the IRB Barcelona has studied the cases of four children who have developed two different tumours to try to solve the origin of the
  • A biobank with paediatric tumour samples, essential for research

    Paediatric cancer, also known as developmental cancer, encompasses a group of rare diseases with low prevalence. Recognising the need for specialised care, the Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's
  • Interview with Dr. Eulàlia Baselga, leader of the Share4Rare project on vascular malformations

    Eulàlia Baselga has been working on paediatric dermatology for almost 30 years. Her main line of research are vascular malformations, which, in her words, "are very different from patient to patient
  • New Share4Rare study on the description of the natural history of vasculopathies

    Vascular anomalies are alterations in the development of the vascular system produced by mutations in different genes. Those anomalies can present a wide variety of symptoms that may differ in each
  • “Platforms like Share4Rare are extremely important in sharing evidence-based information and raising awareness of rare diseases” — Ana Pudja, project manager at CLOSER

    Passionate about working for a purpose and committed to contributing to improvements of human health globally, Ana enjoys working in the fields of childhood cancer, cancer genetics and precision
  • COVID-19, an additional burden for melanoma and all cancer patients

    Violeta, thank you for taking the time for this interview. You have recently conducted a research study into how COVID affected melanoma patients in Romania. Can you tell us something about what you
  • Interview to Joan Carles — Father of a girl with retinoblastoma

    Joan Carles does not forget that day: “Júlia was diagnosed on May 29th 2018, when she was a few months old. The symptom that she presented at that time was the strabismus of the left eye. That was
  • Interview to Àngels Puigvert — Mother of a girl with megalencephaly-capillary malformation syndrome

    Àngels Puigvert's life is anything but calm, but he was able to find some time to answer some questions about her daughter and the work carried out by her association. Thank you Àngels! "Queralt was
  • The burden of melanoma and why we need patient-driven research

    Bettina, thank you for taking the time for this interview today. MPNE is one of the Share4Rare project partners and is launching a research project into the burden of melanoma on the platform. Could
  • Dr. Ofelia Cruz: “Patients are the main characters of the disease and research must support their needs”

    Behind every Share4Rare research project, there are great medical researchers. Dr. Ofelia Cruz is one of these professionals, and she participates in the study that seeks to detail as much as possible
  • #S4RMonth activity: Childhood Cancer and Rare Tumours Week

    The third week of #S4RMonth will be dedicated to give visibility to childhood cancer and the different research projects on tumours and rare oncological diseases offered by the Share4Rare platform
  • An interview with Manuel Rodrigues — Expert in conjunctival melanoma

    General information on conjunctival melanoma Conjunctival melanoma (ConjMel) is an adult ocular melanoma arising from conjunctiva, the visible ocular extern mucosa covering not only the anterior part