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Michelle’s Story – Finding Peace

Today, Michelle is enjoying her life, sending her two young boys off to school and running her own company. But when she thinks back to when sh...

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the child and the family face challenges they never knew existed — but they also find strength they di...

On September 17, Children’s Cancer Research Fund accepted the Innovative Nonprofit of the Year award at OneCause’s Raise conference in Chic...

This September, your generosity, advocacy and awareness-building made a mighty big difference. This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, CCRF awar...

When 16-year-old Nate (above) had his 10-hour surgery to remove the bone tumor from his ribs and spine, it was critical that doctors removed th...

Texas The problem: The survival rate of children whose Ewing sarcoma cancer has spread is nothing short of heart-breaking, and only 20% of chil...

Immunotherapy, harnessing a patient’s own immune system to treat their cancer, could be the next chapter in childhood cancer treatment. Unfor...

When you meet 18-year-old Allison, you might notice her short and sassy haircut or her wide, generous smile. You might notice the tattoo on her...

“Whoa. This is a real thing,” I thought to myself when I finally realized where my brain was going. We had been home from the hospital for ...

When 15-year-old Elizabeth was preparing for her gymnastics competition last December, she was barely thinking about the surgery she had the we...

When your family is facing cancer, you might feel like you are continually running on fumes. You haven’t showered, gone grocery shopping, or ...

This week, we lost a spirited advocate, fearless supporter and dear friend. Taylor Lieber, who has fought three different types of cancer since...

Isolation – it’s one of the many painful challenges cancer families experience during and after treatment. Many parents feel they can’t l...

In talking about a new project to develop new treatments for osteosarcoma, University of Minnesota researcher Beau Webber, PhD, uses a word he ...

Federal funders like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are typically more interested in funding broad health concerns such as HPV or deme...

This piece was originally posted on July 17, 2019 by Kristy Westrom on the CaringBridge page for her son, Liam, who was diagnosed with T-cell a...

Sixteen-year-old Nate is most himself when he is playing his guitar. He’s been playing since he was around 10 years old, and his favorite son...

When your child is diagnosed with cancer, it changes the lens through which you view the world. Things look and feel different, and certain thi...