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Empowering cancer families through survivorship education

With support from CCRF, Dr. Katie Greenzang is developing an eHealth intervention to improve families’ preparation for the survivorship stage...

With support from CCRF, Dr. Lisa A. Schwartz is leading a pilot study to explore why adolescent % and young adult survivors may be disengaged...

Kathryn (KK to her friends and family) may only be 4 years old, but she is a no-nonsense girl. When it comes to her leukemia treatments, she...

Children’s Cancer Research Fund has introduced a new grant, the Healthy After Cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research Award, which fun...

Linda Resar, MD, will never forget Amanda, the first leukemia patient she cared for during her oncology fellowship. The inspirational 8-year-ol...

For kids like Rider, childhood cancer is an isolating experience. By sharing his story, he hopes to show other kids that even in their...

During high school, Loretta Li worked in the University of Chicago lab of Janet Rowley, who later won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her...

With more than 10,000 experts at 200-plus institutions around the world, the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) is a research powerhouse. The co...

When a child returns to school once treatment is finished, adjusting back to a “normal” routine can be difficult for both the family and sc...

Cancer and other health-related information, whether online or in print, should come from a trusted, credible source. Unfortunately, some websi...

“I want to be remembered as the kid who went down fighting and didn’t really lose.” Zach Sobiech The Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund, wh...

CCRF is pleased to announce additions to the organization's board of directors, board leadership and scientific advisors. John Golden,...

Do you ever have flashbacks of remembering how you felt during the first few weeks, even the first months after hearing the words, “your...

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, the whole family faces challenges they never knew existed – but they also find love and strength they ...

The Hard-To-Tread Award is a grant intended to support projects that enable the prevention, early detection and effective treatment of pediatri...

Dr. Alpay Temiz earned a PhD in Philosophy, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2008. ...

Cancer and the therapies used to treat it can alter the delicate blend of a child’s blood proteins. As a result, children with cancer often...

Cancer support groups are meetings for people with cancer and anyone touched by the disease. Even though many cancer patients receive support f...