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Every day the researchers of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) make exciting progress in understanding and treating childhood cancer. Get to know these individuals and their CureSearch work.

 

About Neuroblastoma 

About Neuroblastoma

 
Adult Applications of Childhood Cancer Research 

Childhood Cancer Research Benefits Adults, Too

 
Bone Cancer 

Saving Their Limbs, Saving Their Lives, New Techniques In Treating Bone Tumors

 
Bone Marrow 

Bone Marrow is Purged, Frozen and Stored For Neuroblastoma Patients

 
Brain Tumors 

Brain Cancer Offers Model of Multi-Disciplinary Care

 
Central Nervous System Tumors 

CNS Tumors Committee battles the most common solid tumors of childhood using a multi-disciplinary approach to collaborative research.

 
Children’s Oncology Group Advances AML Research 

Myeloid leukemias remain among the most challenging childhood cancers for clinicians and scientists to combat.

 
COG Patient Advocacy Committee: The Voice of Patients, Survivors, and Families 

The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) believes that it is critically important for those who have experienced childhood cancer and participated in research to play a role in the future of childhood cancer research.

 
COG Retinoblastoma Research Explores New Treatment Options and Benefits from International Collaboration 

COG research is focused on saving lives, saving eyesight, and improving the quality of life for the children diagnosed retinoblastoma.

 
Complementary Therapies 

COG Looking at Therapies Which May Complement Traditional Care

 
Cord Blood 

Children Found to Have Blood Rich in Stem Cells

 
Costs of Childhood Cancer 

Parents as Caregivers – An Awesome Responsibility? A Financial Burden?

 
Cytogenetics 

Chromosomal analysis at the time of diagnosis is a standard of care at COG member-institutions.

 
Down Syndrome 

A Child With Down Syndrome Getting Leukemia? “It Just Isn’t Fair!”

 
End-of-Life Care For Children With Cancer 

Deserves More Attention, Says COG

 
Germ Cell Cancer 

“Less is More” in New Studies of Germ Cell Cancer Cures

 
Hereditary Factors 

Genetic Studies Focus Upon Cancer-Prone Families

 
Liver Cancer 

Liver Tumors in Children Are Rare, but Not Ignored by COG

 
Long Term Effects 

Long-Term Follow-up A Long-Term Interest of Dr. Lampkin

 
New Agents for Treatment 

Secret Agents are At Work for Kids With Cancer

 
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 

How did “Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma” Get That Strange Name?

 
Pharmacists’ Role 

Pharmacists Play Important Role in Treating Kids With Cancer

 
Psycho-Social Effects of Childhood Cancer 

Psycho-Social Support No Longer Considered a “Frill”

 
Rare Tumors 

When “Rare” Is Extremely Rare

 
Targeted Therapy 

Micro-Array Technology Opens Exciting Array of Possibilities

 
Teenagers with Cancer 

Teenagers should receive care from a pediatric oncologist.

 
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