Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention of Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
What causes brain and spinal cord tumors in children? Generally speaking, “cancer” is a broad name for a condition in which cells in a particular…
Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Cancer Tumors – Detection and Diagnosis
Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors: A Brief Introduction When grouped together in a single classification, cancers in the brain and spinal cord are the…
Treatment for Childhood Leukemia
What is the Treatment for Childhood Leukemia? The majority of children diagnosed with childhood leukemia will be treated with chemotherapy. Chemotherapy (often simply called “chemo”…
Signs and Symptoms of Childhood Leukemia
About Childhood Leukemia (ALL & AML) Childhood leukemia—a blood-based cancer in which abnormal cancer cells grow in the bone marrow—is the most common type of…
Washington Post: Parents of sick kids try to remind Congress what the health-care debate should be about
By Washington Post Columnist – Petula Dvorak “Is she okay?” the startled legislative staffer asked, eyes shifting to the adults around him as the trach…
URGENT – TAKE ACTION – TELL YOUR U.S. SENATORS TO KEEP CHILDREN WITH CANCER COVERED!
#KeepUsCovered – Keep Children with Cancer Covered Take action now using the quick and easy link below and let your U.S. Senators know the healthcare…
Treating Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Disease
Treating Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Childhood Hodgkin lymphoma has proven to be particularly sensitive to both chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Therefore, for most children diagnosed with…
Dad Goes Fishing for Greater Awareness
A Gold Ribbon Hero Dad Goes Fishing for Greater Awareness! In celebration of Father’s Day, we would like to take a few minutes to introduce…
Gold Ribbon Hero Eli
A Few Minutes Out of Your Day Will Mean the World to Gold Ribbon Hero Eli! One of our Gold Ribbon Heroes, a brave childhood…
Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Disease – Stages and Prognosis
Introduction: About Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Childhood Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in the lymph system, a critical part of the body’s…