Great Cycle Challenge USA Raises More Than $4.5 million For Research
More than 38,000 cyclists around the country raised $4.5 million to fight childhood cancer in June 2017 through Great Cycle Challenge USA. This...
New CCRF Grants Will Fund Young Scientists Early in Their Careers
Walking into a lab at night, you’ll find fluorescent lights illuminating rows of beakers, microscopes, scales and post-doctoral students hunc...
Examining and Treating Childhood Cancer-Predisposing Diseases
Your support will help researchers examine and treat childhood cancer-predisposing diseases. Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Neurofibromatosis type 1 ...
Investigating How to Make Chemotherapy More Effective for Kids with Osteosarcoma
Your support will help researchers investigate how to make chemotherapy effective for kids with spreading bone cancer. Osteosarcoma is a deadly...
Helping Scientists Study Obesity and Childhood Cancer Outcomes
Your support will help scientists study links between obesity and childhood cancer outcomes. Childhood obesity is a serious health problem. The...
Helping Improve Life for Germ Cell Tumors Survivors
Your support is helping improve life for survivors of germ cell tumors. Though children who have been diagnosed with germ cell tumors tend to h...
Your Support: Eliminating Graft-versus-Host Disease
Your support is helping eliminate graft-versus-host disease. Many childhood cancer treatment plans include stem cell transplants that can lead ...
Because of Daniel
Photo courtesy of Ryann Colleen Photography. My son Daniel died on August 28, 2016 from osteosarcoma. He was 13 years old. I know that I am sup...
Our Top Five Childhood Cancer Stories
You’ve helped us reach 12 million more people since last year’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) by sharing and commenting on our st...
The Difference You Make: Brain and Nervous System Cancers
During the month of September we are highlighting some of the groundbreaking research that your support has helped fund this year. Learn more a...
Clementine’s Story: From Brain Surgery to Bike Balancing
Flipping up her sandy-blond ponytail, 8-year-old Clementine showed us the scar she had across her skull from brain surgery. “See, I bet you d...
Tanner’s Story: Never Alone
Wearing a hospital gown, Tanner picked “the cherry smell” to go with the anesthesia for his port removal surgery — a procedure his family...
Zach’s Story: A Time to Fly
As I walked to the mailbox the other day, the stack of mail was larger than normal. Envelopes containing graduation announcements were a welcom...
So Far Today
526 days of having seizures. Despite hospitalizations, new medications, increasing doses of medications he’d already had, multiple blood test...
Breakthroughs in Brain Tumor Research
During the month of September we are highlighting some of the groundbreaking research that your support has helped fund this year. Learn more a...
To See Her Smile
Emerson is a 12-year-old 6th grader who enjoys swimming, piano, shopping and hanging out with her friends. Right before Emerson’s 10th birthday...
Purpose to the Pain
Childhood cancer— two words you never think will be a part of your family. At least I never thought they would be until my niece was diagnose...