State-level advocacy is becoming a big opportunity across the country as it gives advocates another way to get involved in addition to going to DC. This has been more and more apparent over the last year as people haven’t felt comfortable traveling as much. The Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2) […]
We are pleased to invite CAC2 members, associate members, student members, and supporting organizations to our May CAC2 All-Member webinar. Sue Guisto (Friends of Cathryn Foundation) and Steve Crowley will help us host a speaker program that includes Drs. David Walker and Scott Coven speaking on Improving Time to Diagnosis for Pediatric and Young Adult […]
Assorted news from the last week: Survivors of childhood cancers are at increased risk for prescription opioid misuse compared with their peers, a review of a claims database revealed. A panel of pediatric cancer specialists endorsed the first-ever consensus recommendations for end-of-life care for children with cancer and their families. […]
Registration is now open for CAC2’s 2021 Annual Summit, taking place virtually Thursday, June 24th and Friday, June 25th. This year we will meet two consecutive afternoons on Zoom. The CAC2 Meetings Team has designed a robust program that will balance expert content presentations with opportunities for active engagement for […]
Assorted news from the last week: From the American Cancer Society: Prevalence and predictors of cancer‐related worry and associations with health behaviors in adult survivors of childhood cancer From Children’s Cause: Rachel McCallum is a long-term survivor diagnosed with Anaplastic Astrocytoma of the 4th ventricle of the brain stem in […]