Childhood Cancers | Tumor

CURE’s childhood cancers page is a go-to resource for oncology news and updates in the world of childhood cancers Here, readers will find cancer articles, videos, podcasts, and more with expert insight into the latest treatments and research in childhood cancers.

Chase After a Cure Stands Up to Childhood Cancer

March 23rd 2016, 12:13am

Article

Advice and Advocacy for the Childhood Cancer Community

March 22nd 2016, 12:33am

Article

Danielle Friedman on a Study of Diabetes Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

January 29th 2016, 6:08am

Video

CURE spoke to Friedman during the 2016 Cancer Survivorship Symposium in mid-January.

Researchers Examine Link Between Abdominal Radiation and Diabetes in Childhood Cancer Survivors

January 17th 2016, 8:55am

Article

Interim results from the study of 26 individuals were presented by Danielle Novetsky Friedman at the 2016 Cancer Survivorship Symposium held in San Francisco.

Good Family Functioning Crucial to Treatment, Recovery, Survivorship

December 5th 2015, 2:07am

Article

The responsibility of caregiving is increasingly being placed on family members.

Share Hugs for Brady

September 9th 2015, 11:47pm

Article

Every year, thousands of children are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. Sherrie and Michael Wells started the Hugs for Brady Foundation to help end pediatric cancer for good.

With Less Intense, More Effective Treatments, Survivors of Childhood Cancers are Living Longer

June 5th 2015, 1:47am

Article

Better treatment and follow-up are being credited with a reduction in the likelihood that survivors of childhood cancers will later die of illnesses caused by their therapy, such as new malignancies or cardiac or lung disease.

The Changing Face of Cancer Care

May 15th 2015, 11:57pm

Article

Going through cancer treatment in 1990 and again today has given me first-hand experience with how the landscape has changed.

Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have at Least One Chronic Health Condition

April 3rd 2015, 12:34am

Article

A new study has found that although the number of childhood cancer survivors is increasing, the majority of those to survive five or more years beyond diagnosis have at least one chronic health condition.

Childhood Cancer Suvivors Face Isolation

March 26th 2015, 8:46pm

Article

Melissa Long knows first-hand what it is like to battle isolation and depression as a teenage cancer survivor.