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March 18, 2008 • Volume 5 / Number 6 E-Mail This Document  |  Download PDF  |  Bulletin Archive/Search  |  Subscribe


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Director's Update
Pediatric Oncology Partnerships Are Models for Success

International Ewing Sarcoma Study Under Way

Building on 50 Years of Cooperative Research

For Research on Risks, Numbers Are a Challenge

Technology Drives Search for Childhood Therapies

Testing the Most Promising New Therapies

A Conversation with
Dr. Crystal Mackall

Milestones in Pediatric Oncology

Improvements Needed for Adolescents and Young Adults

Caregivers are Key for Helping Children Survive Cancer

Pediatric Cancer Survivors Need Long-Term Follow-Up

Other Helpful Resources

FDA Update

Also in the News

Cancer Research Highlights
Nonprotruding Colorectal Growths May Harbor Cancer

Delayed Letrozole Therapy After Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence

Everolimus Extends Progression-Free Survival in Advanced Kidney Cancer

Protein May Control Spread of Breast Cancer

Methylation Markers Suggest Recurrence Risk in Lung Cancer

Elderly Medicaid Patients Less Likely to Receive Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer

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A series of paintings created by pediatric cancer patients who were treated at NIH
Other Helpful Resources

General Information about Childhood Cancer

The main portal for information from NCI is at
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/childhoodcancers

Children's Oncology Group (COG) treatment and follow-up guidelines http://www.survivorshipguidelines.org/

Reports on Childhood Cancer Incidence from NCI

Incidence and Survival among Children
and Adolescents: 1975-1995
http://seer.cancer.gov/
publications/childhood/

Epidemiology in Older Adolescents and Young Adults 14 to 29 Years of Age
http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/aya/


SEER Cancer Statistics
Review, 1975-2004
http://www.seer.cancer.gov/
csr/1975_2004/

New Malignancies among Cancer
Survivors: 1973-2000
http://www.seer.cancer.gov/
publications/mpmono/

Clinical Trials and Treatment Centers

A list of COG members is at http://www.curesearch.org/resources/cog.aspxs
and a database of clinical trials is at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials

Training at NIH

Pediatric Hematology-
Oncology Fellowship
Training Program
http://www.cc.nih.gov/
training/gme/
programs/pediatric_
hematology_ oncology.html



Pediatrics/Medical
Genetics Residency
Training Program
http://www.cc.nih.gov/
training/gme/
programs/pediatrics_
medical_genetics. html



Advanced Studies
Program in Pediatric
Oncology: Contact
Dr. Alan Wayne at
waynea@mail.nih.gov
or 301-496-4256

Risk-Reduction Programs

From the NCI Division of
Cancer Control and Population Sciences http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/
cancer_resources.html


And from the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/
public/heart/obesity/wecan/

Advocacy Groups

CureSearch National Childhood
Cancer Foundation
http://www.curesearch.com/

Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy
http://www.childrenscause.org/

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
http://www.candlelighters.org/

The National Children's Cancer Society
http://www.children-cancer.com

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
http://www.pbtfus.org/


Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
http://cbtf.org/cms/

American Brain Tumor Association
http://www.abta.org/

National Brain Tumor Foundation
http://www.braintumor.org

The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
http://www.childhoodbraintumor.org/

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls

National Children's Leukemia Foundation
http://www.leukemiafoundation.org/

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