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
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Tag Archives: Joe Baber
Collaboration to Cure Medulloblastoma
Editor’s Note: In recognition of Brain Cancer Awareness Month, we are publishing an article that was reported in the April 24, 2019 ASCO Daily News. It highlights the massive collaborative efforts by private foundations such as the Carson Leslie … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged #cureMEdullo, Annette Leslie, ASCO, Baylor College of Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Carry Me, Carson Leslie, Carson Leslie Foundation, Carson’s Corner, Conquer Cancer, Gerald J. McDougall, Joe Baber, Jordan Spieth Family Foundation, medulloblastoma, Nancy R. Daly, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Under Armour, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Walter M. Capone, Young Investigator Award
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Two Little Words
Two words that are used most when people contact Members of the House or Senate are: “I want,” and “I need.” Representatives and Senators hear them everyday. The two words they seldom hear are “Thank You.” This year alone, Congress … Continue reading
Turn Away… You may not want to hear this
About eleven years ago, I was with my middle daughter, JoAnna Baber on our overnight shift at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA watching over my 18 month old grandson and her nephew, Conor after he had lifesaving surgery … Continue reading
Fly Me to the Moon
President Obama called for an end to cancer in his State of the Union Address to the nation this year. He tasked his own Vice President with the job and since then the buzz word “Moonshot” has offered renewed hope … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged #CancerMoonshot, breast cancer, Cancer Moon Shot, Cancer Moonshot, colon cancer, DIPG, drug development, information silos, Joe Baber, lung cancer, National Cancer Institute, NCI, President Nixon, President Obama, prostate cancer, State of the Union, Vice President Joe Biden, War on Cancer, White House
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Texas Proud!
Annette Leslie, Executive Director of the Carson Leslie Foundation and a Four Square Clobbers Cancer blogger, has served on The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Childhood Cancer Advisory Council since 2010 and couldn’t be more Texas Proud! … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease
Tagged Annette Leslie, Baylor College of Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Carson Leslie Foundation, CPRIT, Joe Baber, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, University of Houston, University of Texas, University of Texas at San Antonio, university of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Five year cure, …really?
Five-year relative survival rates describe the percentage of patients with cancer that are alive five years after their disease is diagnosed. Use of 5-year survival statistics is more useful in aggressive cancers that have a shorter life expectancy following diagnosis (such … Continue reading
A Pair of Shoes
One day in September, after my wife Ellie and I visited a Senator in the Hart building, we met up with Ellyn Miller (Gabriella Miller’s mother) on a beautiful blue-sky morning in front of the Cannon House Building in Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease
Tagged Ellyn Miller, Gabriella Miller, Joe Baber, Loss of a child
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Hope
From his perspective, my then 10 year-old grandson Conor has always had a somewhat normal childhood. He lives in California, is good in school, a cool blond-headed surfer dude and a wild and radical skateboarder. In fact, I am amazed … Continue reading
Compassionate Use
You may remember the #SaveJosh news articles in the spring of 2014 where little Josh Hardy’s family mounted, as a last ditch effort, a social media campaign to get him into a clinical trial that St. Jude’s doctors said was … Continue reading
A Home Away From Home
Meet Suzanne Corey Gwynn. She’s going to build a house in Seattle, Washington. It’s not going to be a small little house, but a big house. Suzanne is not an architect with a blueprint or even a carpenter with a hammer. … Continue reading
Thank You, American Cancer Society
In the past, I have been a huge critic of the American Cancer Society and in September, I wrote a very inflamed blog about all that I felt was wrong with the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) involvement with childhood cancer. … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged ACS, American Cancer Society, FDA, Joe Baber, NCI, NIH
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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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Childhood Cancer by the Numbers
Numbers are wonderful. Numbers are dangerous. Having spent most of my career in management, within the retail sector, I have been conditioned to pay attention to numbers. Numbers can paint a picture. Numbers can be your navigator. They can show … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged ACS, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, American Cancer Society, Astrocytoma, bone tumor, Ependymoma, hepatic tumor, Hodgkin, Joe Baber, lymphoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, Non-Hodgkin, observed survival, osteosarcoma, Ovarian germ cell, reticuloendothelial neoplasms, Retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Testicular germ cell, Wilms tumor
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Palliative Care
About six years ago, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it’s support for palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-tiv) for adults and children suffering from serious illness. Today, 70% of Americans still do not know what it is. To be honest, for … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, young adults
Tagged American Cancer Society, Better Clinical Outcomes, Boston Children's Hospital, death, Dr. Joanne Wolfe, end of life, Get Palliatve Care .Org, hospice, Joe Baber, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, NCI, neuroblastoma, NIH, The New England Journal of Medicine
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Turn Foreign Aid into Cures for Cancer
In 2020, the United States spent $51.05 billion on foreign aid ($11.75 billion in military assistance and $39.3 billion economic assistance) Foreign aid has been a hot topic ever since our country slipped into recession in 2008. On any given … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged DIPG, foreign aid, HIV/AIDS, Joe Baber, medulloblastoma, National Cancer Institute, NCI, neuroblastoma
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iSad, iMad, iPad
Editor’s Note: Since this article was written, the Gabriella Miller Kid’s First Act was passed by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent vote on March 11, 2014. The President signed the bill into law on April 4, 2014. The next … Continue reading
Let’s Push Buttons
Would you believe?: 96% of all clothing sold is for adults. 96% of all breakfast cereals are consumed by adults. 96% of all bicycle helmets are worn by adults. 96% of all cancer research conducted by the National Cancer Institute … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged American Cancer Society, FDA, gold ribbon, Joe Baber, National Cancer Institute, NCI
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Mesotheli-WHAT?
Mesothelioma is normally not a cancer one hears about in the childhood cancer community. That may be because, in most cases, because of the long latency period, it is not normally detected until the child becomes an adult. Today, children in older schools may … Continue reading
Together
Our community is built of many similar, yet different and diverse organizations. Collectively, we are looking for a cure for childhood cancer. No one has actually been able to say with absolute certainty exactly how many organizations actually exist in … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged CAC2, Coalition for Childhood Cancer, Joe Baber
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Lobbyist
Lobbyist… There, I said it! For me, it’s very difficult saying the “L” word. It never has felt good rolling around in my mouth, banging up against my molars and sliding out between my tight lips. I have always hated that … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged Alex's Lemonade Stand, Carolyn Price Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008, CHOP, Congress, Defense Department, DOD, Dr. Phil, Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, Joe Baber, Jonathan Agin, Lobbyist, Lone Ranger, National Association of Children's Hospitals, National Breast Cancer Coaliton, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ronan Thompson, St. Baldricks, Susan G Komen for the Cure
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Four-Square Clobbers Cancer 