CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (December 16-22)

December 23, 2024 Community News, News Digest

Assorted News from the Last Week:

Special Advocacy Call to Action:  CAC2 Supporting Organization LLS is spearheading an effort and inviting all in the community to call on Congress to make children with cancer its number one priority when it reconvenes in January.  Read about it here.

FDA approves Remestemcel-L for pediatric steroid-refractory acute Graft-vs-Host disease.

Alarming mental health challenges among young cancer survivors, especially males, demand action.

Giving pediatric cancer survivors hope in Nigeria.

Breakthrough study set to change how osteosarcomas are diagnosed and treated.

Experimental drug that summons ‘warriors of the immune system’ shows early promise against non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Neurocognitive battery feasible in 3-year-olds during leukemia treatment.

Helping kids with cancer speak for the supportive care they need.

NCI Director Kimryn Rathnell’s first year reflection: “One Year in Cancer Research and Much to Celebrate“.

Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings:

ACCELERATE Multi-stakeholder Conference “A Decade of Impact – and Beyond” on February 6th & 7th in Brussels Belgium. In-person and virtual registration available.  Click here for more information and to register.

The 2nd Childhood Cancer Prevention Symposium will be held in Houston, TX, at Texas Children’s Hospital, February 10-13, 2025. Click here for more information and to register.

Take Action:

The Grayson Foundation and The American Childhood Cancer Organization are partnering to bring a Childhood Cancer Awareness specialty license plate to Tennessee residents.  While Tennessee has several children’s hospital license plates, it does not have a general childhood cancer awareness license plate with a gold ribbon.  This is a simple way to honor all the young warriors across the state who are in treatment, in remission, or in Heaven.  The state requires 1,000 preorders before they will begin to produce and issue the new tag.  Will you please help us by sharing this information with your contacts in Tennessee?  If we do not reach 1,000 preorders by 6/30/25, the tag won’t happen.  The link to preorder a license tag is: https://s.acco.org/Reserve-TN-Plate

 

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