Assorted News from the Last Week:

Replacing two high-dose chemotherapy courses with blinatumomab (Blincyto) significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Hyundai puts childhood cancer campaign in World Cup spotlight.

Childhood mRNA cancer vaccine reduces neuroblastoma tumors by 70%.

Caregivers of children hospitalized for cancer, blood disorders at risk for food insecurity.

Clinician–scientists identify brain network linked to deadliest childhood brain cancer.

Combined inhibition of BETs and HDACs as a potential epigenetics-based therapy for malignant rhabdoid tumor.

Researchers investigating neuroblastoma have discovered that tetracaine, a long‑established local anaesthetic, can significantly suppress the cancer cells’ ability to invade surrounding tissue in laboratory experiments.

Early-onset cancers are on the rise: Knowing family history is crucial.

Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings:

Following the cancellation of the 2025 Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Symposium originally scheduled for last fall, NCI will inaugurate the CCDI Virtual Symposium Series in the coming weeks. Sessions will occur across multiple days in March and April.  Click Here to Learn More and Register.

WHO Webinar: Scaling up the Global Platform: working together to close the childhood cancer survival gap through sustainable access to quality-assured medicines on June 24.  Click here for times and to register.

  Registration Now Open for the CAC2 Summit in Miami on July 22-24! https://invite.bublup.com/QvcRaOOFd78s

The 58th Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP 2026) September 15-18 in San Antonio, Texas & Online.  For information and to register. Early Bird registration ends on June 23.

15th GOLDEN TOAST 2026, September 17 at 6:00 ET.  Click for more information.

CureFest registration now open!  September 18-20.  Click for more information and to register.

Recent Recordings:

Ellyn Miller, Gabriella’s Mom and Founder of the Smashing Walnuts Foundation joined Vanessa Barnes, a Public Health Analyst for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program for a conversation about the Kids First Program.

Cannonball Kids hosted CAC2 Member Susan Weiner, who presented a webinar entitled: “How do laws, funding, and advocacy shape the future of childhood cancer research?”

The “The Mother of All Cons,” a three-part docuseries, based on Jamie Bartlett’s hit investigative podcast for the British charity ” that the charity falsely claimed to grant magical wishes to terminally and seriously ill children, can be streamed in full on BBC iPlayer or viewed internationally on Apple TV.