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Too many types of childhood cancer still have no known cure or treatment. In 2018, more than 15,000 children under age 19 will be diagnosed with cancer. 

We must ensure that researchers have the essential tools to fight childhood cancer and make sure children with cancer not only survive, but thrive. 

 

Over 15,000 U.S. children under age 19 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

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Ask Congress to Improve the Quality of Life for Kids Fighting Cancer

Ask your member of Congress to cosponsor and pass PCHETA this Congress. By supporting PCHETA, they can improve the quality of life for kids and patients fighting cancer.

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Congress: Fund The STAR Act To Help Prevent And Treat Childhood Cancer

Ask your member of Congress to ensure the STAR Act is fully funded so vital work on childhood cancer research, surveillance, and survivorship can continue. 

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Cancer Candor Blog

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Ensuring Childhood Cancer Patients Can Survive and Thrive

August 30, 2019
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New Mexico

We’re proud to join the cancer community this September in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and will continue to focus our advocacy efforts year-round to improve the diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for childhood cancer patients and survivors.

Cancer Candor Blog

Guest Post: Sharing My Story on Behalf of All Childhood Cancer Survivors

March 28, 2019

Mariah Forster Olson, an ACS CAN Ambassador Constituent Team Lead (ACT Lead), traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to share her story as a childhood cancer survivor and to advocate on behalf of other patients and survivors during the 2019 Childhood Cancer Action Days.

Childhood Cancer Advocates Take Their Stories to Capitol Hill  

March 27, 2019
National

Washington, D.C. – Advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) joined more than 200 other childhood cancer patients, survivors, caretakers and family members on Capitol Hill today for the Alliance for Childhood Cancer’s eighth annual Childhood Cancer Action Day. This year, participants will ask their congressional

Santa Fe Family to Urge Congress to Fully Fund Bipartisan STAR Act

March 26, 2019
New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Santa Fe residents and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers Dr. Janis Gonzales and Liesl Gonzales travel to Washington, D.C., today to share the story of their daughter and sister, urge lawmakers to fully fund the bipartisan Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access and

Childhood Cancer Research Resources

Improving Quality of Life for Children with Cancer

August 29, 2019

Research has improved treatments and boosted survival in some types of pediatric cancer, but treatment toxicities still can cause significant suffering that continues into adulthood and can last a lifetime.

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ACS CAN RACE Act Endorsement

April 4, 2017

ACS CAN’s official endorsement of the RACE for Children Act, a bill that will encourage new research and development in childhood cancer.

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Childhood Cancer Research Landscape Report

September 27, 2016

This report examines the drug development landscape for childhood cancer, identifying scientific, logistical, economic and ethical challenges that are unique to pediatric cancer drug development. 

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