New clinical trial for osteosarcoma
A lot can happen in five years. Five years ago, Zach Sobiech was battling osteosarcoma and watching his hit song “Clouds” climb to the top ...
Tougher Than Rocket Science
Osteosarcoma is so overwhelmingly good at overcoming current treatments that it may just take a rocket scientist to help defeat it. Theresa Bee...
Creating a Clearer Picture of Hepatoblastoma
Hepatoblastoma is one of the fastest rising childhood cancers in the U.S., yet it’s still considered one of the rarest. It’s so rare, in fa...
Justin’s Smile Shines On Through Research
From going to the Little League World Series to heading to soccer practice, Justin Cowen had an insatiable love of sports. You’d often find h...
Helping Young Adults Make Decisions About Life and Death
Twenty-five percent of adolescents and young adults (AYA) who need bone marrow transplants (BMT) will not survive. In many cases, a BMT is the ...
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 microscopes and postdoctoral students hunched over their wor...
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 ...
The Difference You Make: Brain and Nervous System Cancers
Your support makes a difference for kids with brain tumors. Today, researchers are investigating the complicated genes behind two deadly childh...
Breakthroughs in Brain Tumor Research
Photo by Brady Willette Because of donors like you, Michael Olin, PhD, and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Universit...
Meet the Researchers: Megan Voss, DNP, RN
With only 4 percent of government funding dedicated to childhood cancer research, the impact on kids and doctors is visible. Funding gaps slow ...
Training the Next Generation of Scientists
Children’s Cancer Research Fund donors help train the next generation of childhood cancer researchers. With fewer doctors choosing academic car...
Your Support is Leading to a Clinical Trial
We aren’t afraid to solve a fatal problem that’s millions of years old, and we’re grateful you aren’t either. Because of your support o...
Taking Care of Children After Treatment
Graduation: It’s a much-anticipated milestone that marks a new life ahead. For the many children who’ve overcome childhood cancer, the tran...
How I Care For My Brother Now
It’s funny how one place can create so many narratives in your life. For me, that place is the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. Nestled ...
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