News & Updates

CC Community News Digest (week of September 14-20)

September 21, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Assorted news from the last week: A study by a French research team found “that treatment with growth hormones is not associated with an increased risk of second tumors” for children who survived cancer and later received treatment for growth hormone deficiency. Brigitte Widemann, chief of the Pediatric Oncology Branch [...]

An Estimate of the Long-Term Outcomes for Children with Cancer

September 18, 2020 CAC2 Member Blogs No comments yet

By Guest Blogger CAC2 Member Bob Piniewski (People Against Childhood Cancer) Childhood cancer statistics, like all statistics (1), can be confusing. Any statistic can be used to hide or distort the truth, and even the statistics we trust may only tell part of the story. This essay analyzes some familiar [...]

CC Community News Digest (week of September 7-13)

September 13, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Assorted news from the last week: Camp Okizu at Berry Creek, a camp for pediatric cancer patients and their families, sustained significant damage in California's Bear Fire. Early results of a clinical trial show that for children and adults with advanced soft tissue sarcoma, adding the targeted drug pazopanib (Votrient) [...]

September 9 Virtual Day of Action: How to Get Involved

September 9, 2020 CAC2 Community News, Guest Blogs No comments yet

By Sarah Milberg, Co-Chair of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer and Director of Government Relations and Advocacy for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Today is the day! The childhood cancer community is joining together today to use our collective voice to build support for funding for the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, [...]

CC Community News Digest (week of August 31-September 6)

September 6, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Assorted news from the last week: National Cancer Institute released its Annual Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2022. This plan focuses on our enduring top priority — accelerating cancer research — and features four special scientific topics: cancer drug resistance, molecular diagnostics for cancer treatment, obesity and cancer, [...]

Pediatric Oncology: Summary of Guidances and Meetings

August 31, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Guidances Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Developing Drugs and Biological Products for Treatment Pediatric Study Plans: Content of and Process for Submitting Initial Pediatric Study Plans and Amended Initial Study Plans Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Minimum Age Considerations for Inclusion of Pediatric Patients Meetings 15 Sep: Pediatric Advisory Committee Will discuss […]

CC Community News Digest (week of August 24-30)

August 30, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Assorted news from the last week: Cancer and its treatment may accelerate the aging process in young patients Research has identified a small molecule compound that may make some medulloblastoma patients respond better to treatment Childhood Cancer virtual Action Day planned for September 9 Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer [...]

Virtual Day of Action: Join Together on September 9

August 28, 2020 CAC2 Community News, Guest Blogs No comments yet

By Guest Blogger Sarah Milberg, Co-Chair of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer and Director of Government Relations and Advocacy for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation For nearly 10 years, childhood cancer advocates from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Childhood Cancer Action Days. Action Days [...]

Coping with COVID-19: An Informative Conversation for Families in the Childhood Cancer Community

August 26, 2020 CAC2 Collaborative Achievements No comments yet

CAC2 salutes Members Solving Kids' Cancer, Momcology, Ty Louis Campbell Foundation, and the Max Cure Foundation who worked collaboratively with Friends of Karen to host an expert-led community discussion for families about Covid-19. Watch the presentation by clicking the image below or by visiting www.solvingkidscancer.org/covid19webinar . The community is invited view [...]

CC Community News Digest (week of August 17-23)

August 23, 2020 CAC2 Community News No comments yet

Assorted news from the last week: CAC2 urges members to support efforts to help children’s hospitals in Beirut in the aftermath of the deadly August 4 explosion. You can read more about the explosions effect on pediatric cancer patients from the New York Times American Association for Cancer Research will hold […]