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,...
A powerful new drug could be osteosarcoma’s match
Alex Huang, MD, PhD has searched unceasingly for readily available drug options that could cure osteosarcoma in its deadliest form, so kids...
Ewing sarcoma research that began with CCRF funding is selected for multimillion dollar grant
Ewing sarcoma researcher Beau Webber, PhD, and epidemiologist Logan Spector, PhD were selected for a multimillion-dollar National Institutes...
Noah’s Story – Fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Two-year-old Noah is very much the baby of the family – his six older siblings love giving him attention and watching him learn new things....
Using nanoparticles to fight hard-to-treat brain tumors
Pediatric neurosurgeon Peter Chiarelli, MD, PhD, who leads the Nanoscaled Neuro-technology Research Group at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,...
A vaccine for hard-to-treat osteosarcoma
Dr. Kleinerman is a professor of Pediatrics and Cancer Biology at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. With support from an...
CCRF Awards Eight New Emerging Scientists
Through a selective granting process, Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) recently awarded these eight promising scientists the Emerging...
Siblings of childhood cancer
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the balloons, presents and cards go to them, leaving their siblings with many conflicting emotions and...
Camp Norden has a successful second year
This year’s Camp Norden was nothing less than magical. Whether campers gathered in-person in Crosslake, MN or through a virtual experience...
Expanding research for kids with myeloid malignancies
Dr. Jessica Pollard is determined to solve a puzzle: myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow disorder that affects the development of...
Six frequently asked questions about childhood cancer and their answers
What causes childhood cancer? In children, the most common cause of cancer is randomly acquired DNA mutation, meaning childhood cancer is a dis...
Seven childhood cancer facts to share this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve gathered some facts and statistics about childhood cancer that you can share with your...
The Top Five Research Projects We’re Watching This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood cancer is a big problem to solve – there are more than 12 types and more than 100 different subtypes of childhood cancer. This...
Two ways to take aim at childhood brain tumors
Dr. Okay Saydam, MSc, PhD, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, has been working on ways to beat brain tumors for the past 15 years....