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#Moonshot4Kids

March 1, 2020 CAC2 Member Blogs No comments yet

CAC2 Member blogger Janet Demeter (Jack's Angels) Did you know that brain cancer is the leading cause of death in children with cancer? It’s also one of the least-funded areas of cancer research. DIPG, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is perhaps the deadliest of them all. The experience of DIPG is [...]

Except for Tissue

February 29, 2020 CAC2 Member Blogs No comments yet

By Guest Blogger, CAC2 Student Member Nikki Lyons I always knew I wanted to be a scientist. This meant that when I was younger, I loved watching movies and shows featuring some scientific aspect. Their endless supplies of anything they could possibly need, the sparks of brilliance and the immediacy […]

Tissue Donation: The Critical but often Overlooked Piece of the Research Puzzle

February 19, 2020 CAC2 Webinars No comments yet

Our February CAC2 All-Member webinar focused on the role that tumor tissue can play in childhood cancer research efforts. Katie Gnatt from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Ginny McLean from Swifty Foundation welcomed Dr. Patrick Reynolds, Director of The Childhood Cancer Repository, and Dr. Angela Waanders, Director of Precision Medicine Oncology […]

Jointly Sponsored Moonshot4Kids Congressional Briefing

February 14, 2020 CAC2 Collaborative Achievements, Community News No comments yet

CAC2 Members Jack’s Angels, Dragon Master Foundation, Max Cure Foundation, Children’s Cancer Cause, and National Brain Tumor Society joined together with others in the community through the DIPG Advocacy Group to hold the Moonshot4Kids Congressional Briefing on February 13 to raise awareness of H. Res. 114, which “Expressing support for […]

The 4 C’s of the Holiday Season: Chess, Competition, Comaradery, Charity

January 10, 2020 CAC2 Guest Blogs No comments yet

By Guest blogger C. Davis Buenger Can blitz improve your chess? Maybe yes, maybe no. Can playing blitz could change the world? Team Berlin thinks so! Last month, Team Berlin, an adult chess team in Ohio took up a challenge I suggested to play a three-week holiday competition: whoever improved [...]

Help for a Grieving Mother

December 30, 2019 CAC2 Collaborative Achievements No comments yet

CAC2 Members Sophia’s Fund, Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation, and Max Cure Foundation joined together in December to help a grieving single-mother following the death of her son who battled Choroid Plexus Carcinoma for six years. We always appreciate when our members join together and take the extra steps […]

Accelerating Drug Development for Children and Adolescents with Cancer

December 11, 2019 CAC2 Webinars No comments yet

We were pleased to invite CAC2 members, associate members, student members, supporting organizations to our December CAC2 All-member webinar where Susan Weiner (Children’s Cancer Cause) hosted Dr. Gilles Vassal, chair of ACCELERATE, an international nonprofit. Dr. Vassal discussed ACCELERATE and its fresh approach to addressing the complex challenges of developing innovative pediatric cancer […]

Special Community Webinar: Vincristine Drug Shortage Update

October 24, 2019 CAC2 Webinars No comments yet

We were pleased to join with the Alliance for Childhood Cancer to invite members of the two coalitions and the wider community this Community webinar presented by Dr. Peter Adamson, Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group. Dr. Adamson shared information the COG has received along with a perspective on childhood […]

Collaboration and progress: How Target Pediatric AML facilitated LLS PedAL – a global master trial in acute leukemia

October 2, 2019 CAC2 Webinars No comments yet

We were pleased to invite CAC2 members, associate members, student members, supporting organizations to our October CAC2 All-member webinar. We hosted TpAML co-founder/advocate Julie Guillot and Dr. Gwen Nichols, Chief Medical Officer, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, who highlighted the energy and work behind putting — and keeping — the patient at the […]

FundingMatch.com – CAC2’s Searchable Website to Match Like-Minded Organizations

September 11, 2019 CAC2 Webinars No comments yet

In celebration of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we hosted Melisse Skelton (CureSearch) and Oscar Ortiz (SebastianStrong) who used the occasion of our September CAC2 All-member webinar to explain the latest project that is developing in the CAC2 Project Incubator. We learned about a new project proposed by CAC2 members to create a […]