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CCRF introduces new research grant focused on cancer survivorship

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...

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...

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...

Living as a zebra, becoming a tomato head man and jumping into a video game – these are just some of the imaginative ideas that James Orrigo ...

Being a sibling of a childhood cancer patient can be scary and confusing. Family dynamics change, schedules are unpredictable and schoolwork an...

In April 2014, doctors found a mass in Joe’s left kidney. Two months later, he was formally diagnosed with metastatic Ewing sarcoma. After he...

I never wanted to be in the hospital. Nothing about leaving my home for a week, skipping school or missing Friday night football games to have ...

Current research data suggests childhood cancer survivors are not getting the care they need, which can become life-threatening. “Survivors t...

Whether your child has just finished chemo or they’re a 5-year survivor, scans are always scary. The potential of cancer returning is terrify...

Vacations can seem nearly impossible when your family is facing cancer, but sometimes a relaxing getaway is just what a family needs to wind do...

This blog post was written by Radwa Moussa-Youssef business owner and mother to three children, one of whom has cancer. To read more from Radwa...

My daughter lies back in the tub on a white towel in the warm water, overjoyed with herself as she splashes. She is 8 months old: beautiful, sm...