51 Childhood Cancer organizations strong and growing!
Missing Kylie by Mark Myers
" Never capitalize the word, "cancer." It does not deserve it. " Carson Leslie, 17
Better Angels by Sadie Keller and Michael McCaul
Better Angels by Sadie Keller and Rep. Michael McCaul
How my daughter embraced life with cancer as an unexpected adventure. Catie was just one of those unique people who had the ability to touch people and make them live a little more splendidly. This is Catie's story - and how she changed the world one brilliant moment at a time.
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The book, "Grace" by Melinda Marchiano
Provide Chemo Ducks for Kids
Great for young school age kids
Tag Archives: ALL
Cord Blood, a life line
We are living in truly amazing times as scientists are just beginning to understand the power of stem cells. In particular, cord blood stem cells are providing new hope to cancer patients throughout the world. At Save the Cord Foundation, … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized, young adults
Tagged #SAVEtheCORD, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, ALL, autism, BeTheMatch, bone marrow, cerebral palsy, Cord blood registries, cord blood stem cells, donor, Dylan Praskins, FDA, Graft Versus Host Disease, GVHD, HIV, Leukemia, lymphoma, match, MDSacquired hearing loss, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Neutropenia, Noah Swanson, perinatal stroke, public donation program, Save the Cord Foundation, sickle cell anemia, stem cells, transplant
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Survivor 2nd Edition
In our first edition of Survivor, we followed a typical group of 36 kids that were diagnosed on one day with childhood cancer. We used 36 kids because when the first article was written, in the United States, on average … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease
Tagged Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, ALL, American Cancer Society, AML, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, cardiac disease, Central Nervous Syatem, chemotherapy, CNS, Cranial radiation therapy, cyclophosphamide, DIPG, Ependymoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Joe Baber, Medulloblastomia, Neoplasms, neuroblastoma, Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, osteosarcoma, Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors, radiation, Retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Testicular Germ Cell Tumors, Wilms tumor
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Advocacy and Direction
Lately, I have wondered whether or not the childhood cancer community is on the right track overall. By this, I mean, is the direction of the community in terms of raising money, awareness and the manner of funding research the … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged advocate, ALL, DIPG, HR 2019, Jonathan Agin, Kids First Research Act, Lobbyist, National Cancer Institute
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Four-Square Clobbers Cancer 