Childhood Cancers

Online tool helps cancer survivors know what to look for years after treatment

While sometimes one of the most aggressive of childhood cancers, neuroblastoma frequently goes away on its own.

Study shows less chemotherapy may be OK for some children with neuroblastoma.

A young couple describes their journey when they discover their unborn child has neuroblastoma.

YAconnect, a new program from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, offers young adult cancer patients and survivors ways to connect online.

Researchers found that in some childhood cancer survivors, a late effect called cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart cannot pump properly, was tied to a specific gene and drug dose.

A report, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, looks at the outcomes in children and adolescents with cancer, hoping to provide insights that will guide future research.

Leukemia is more than just one disease.

Camp Friendship offers a week-long residential camp free of charge for kids with cancer.

The Childhood Cancer Foundation in Canada recognized the unique needs of teens with cancer and created Teen Connector, a Facebook-style website.

Advances in stem cell transplantation leads to a changing landscape in treating blood cancers, such as lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma.

Kids with cancer, their siblings, and parents learn relaxation, meditation, and breathing techniques.

Parents can help ease the transition from school to clinic and back again.

There are several organizations and institutions that have prepared school-related documents and checklists for parents of childhood cancer patients.

Childhood cancer survivors need long-term surveillance to keep up with late-term effects, screenings, and other health-related issues.

Researchers identify what survivors need to get physically active.

Childhood cancer survivors find lifelong care at ACE program.

CURE chooses the winning essay for it 2009 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.

Reorienting kids to their academic and social lives after cancer.

The risk of secondary cancers in childhood cancer survivors and what survivors can do to protect themselves.

Childhood cancer survivors skip needed mammograms

Childhood cancer patients make their mark in art exhibit

Why treatment of one cancer could lead to the diagnosis of a new cancer.

What I didn't know then about childhood cancer.

Treanda and Sancuso patch approved.

Flipping cancer's "off" switch.

Photographers offer services to childhood cancer patients.

News updates from the American Society of Hematology and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

New law funds pediatric cancer research.

Childhood cancer garners sympathy from all, but drug development from few.