Resources

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is committed to providing resources to families and individuals that want to learn more about pediatric cancer. Read more about childhood cancers as well as other relevant information from these various resources by clicking on the topics below or scrolling down the page.

• General Information on Childhood Cancers
• Childhood Cancer Research
• General Information on Cancer and Cancer Genomics
• Childhood Cancer Care
• Related Links

General Information on Childhood Cancers

• Childhood Cancers
  Find comprehensive information on childhood cancers: current treatments, clinical trials, prevention, genetics, testing, and more.
• Questions and Answers on Childhood Cancers
  View questions and answers about common childhood cancers, how many are diagnosed each year, survival rates, causes, and more.
• Childhood Cancers in Spanish (Español)
  Cáncer infantile

Childhood Cancer Research

• The Children's Oncology Group (COG)
  Supported in part by the National Cancer Institute, COG conducts translational and clinical trial research devoted exclusively to children and adolescents with cancer.

General Information on Cancer and Cancer Genomics

• Understanding Cancer
  A tutorial that provides a comprehensive review of cancer and its molecular causes.
• Understanding Cancer Genomics
  A tutorial that provides an introduction to genomics and how genomic technologies are applied to the study of cancer.
• Understanding CGAP
  Find out more about the basic scientific concepts behind the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project.
• SNPs and Cancer
  Find out more about Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and how they can influence a person's health, and in particular cancer.

Childhood Cancer Care

• NCI's "Young People with Cancer: A Handbook for Parents"
• NCI's "Care for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Questions and Answers"

Related Links

• Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP)/Cancer Genome Characterization Initiative (CGCI)
  Now a user-friendly online resource, CGAP sought to determine the gene expression profiles of normal, pre-cancer, and cancer cells. Its counterpart, CGCI, is an initiative that actively supports the molecular characterization of cancer genomes using new and highly advanced genomics methods. Both CGAP and CGCI help the research community gain insight into the underlying mechanisms of certain cancers, leading eventually to improved detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Cancer Genome Anatomy Project SNP500Cancer Database
  Part of CGAP, the goal of the SNP500Cancer project is to resequence 102 reference samples to find known or newly discovered single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which are of immediate importance to molecular epidemiology studies in cancer.
• The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
  The Cancer Genome Atlas is a comprehensive and coordinated effort to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.