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...
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,...
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...