Augmented Reality Teddy Bear Keeps Brice’s Memory Alive
Above: Chris and Christine McArdle with their daughter, Cora, and Brice Bear, a teddy bear representing their son Brice, who passed away from c...
Raising Hope for Kids at Camp Norden
Jam Hops is an organization that focuses on building the character and self-esteem of children through fun, safe physical activities. Their mis...
Streaming for a Cause
In a world where every child should have the opportunity to grow up healthy and happy, childhood cancer is a devastating reality that affects...
Paving the Way For Better Care
For children with cancer, clinical trials can be a source of hope. By participating in a clinical trial, children can be part of the process...
DNA test could predict future brain tumor relapses in kids
Drs. Erin Crotty and Margot Lazow were motivated by their young, resilient patients to spend their careers studying some of the most...
A Party with a Purpose
Since 2009, Meg McElroy has been raising awareness and funds for Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF). Meg is an 8th grade English teacher ...
Could knowing genetic ancestry improve rhabdomyosarcoma outcomes?
Unlike some other childhood cancers, the outlook for RMS patients has not improved in recent years: five-year survival rates are less than...
Race Against Rare Leukemia – CCRF donors helped create a treatment where one had never existed before
CCRF donors raced against rare leukemia, and now they're bringing treatments to the finish line and honoring the bravery of two little girls....
Emily Stene, RN, BSN – Guiding Cancer Survivors Through the Medical System
Anyone who has had to navigate the medical system knows it isn’t exactly a breeze. But it’s especially difficult for childhood cancer survi...
Honoring David’s Legacy
It’s never easy to see your loved ones dying, however David’s passing did not stop his sister Gabrielle in continuing to find a cure for os...
Freezing cancer to death: A promising new therapy for rhabdomyosarcoma
When you think of childhood cancer treatments, turning a tumor into an ice ball and melting it is probably not the first therapy that comes...
Belka Games Charity Event in Solitaire Cruise Raised More Than $130,000
Belka Games partnered up with Children's Cancer Research Fund to run an in-game charity event during the holiday season in Solitaire Cruise....
Could data help us prevent some childhood cancers?
Thanks to donations from supporters like you, the Childhood Cancer & Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC; www.clic.ngo) is ushering in a...
Improving access to cutting-edge cancer care
Growing up as the child of immigrants, Jenny Ruiz, MD, regularly went to the doctor’s office with her grandfather, a kidney transplant...
Standing Up Against Childhood Cancer
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) is recognized every September by childhood cancer organizations around the world. The goal of CCAM is t...
Developing better therapies for hard-to-treat rhabdomyosarcoma
Amit Sabnis, MD, still remembers one of the first patients he cared for as an oncology fellow. The young man survived rhabdomyosarcoma, a...
Cayden’s Story – Fighting Leukemia
Every morning when Courtney wakes up her 6-year-old son Cayden, she just holds him in her lap for a few minutes. She studies the features of hi...
How to navigate the holidays during cancer treatment
When a loved one is going through cancer treatment, the holidays look a little different. Maybe you have always hosted Thanksgiving dinner,...