CAC2 Childhood Cancer Community News Digest (November 2-8)
Assorted news from the last week: With Election Day behind us, Congress may be in a better position now to enact another round of stimulus
Assorted news from the last week: With Election Day behind us, Congress may be in a better position now to enact another round of stimulus
Assorted news from the last week: Children with birth defects who were conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) were more likely to develop childhood cancer
Assorted news from the last week: The International Cancer Research Partnership (ICRP) published results from its Impact of Covid-19 on childhood cancer research funding organizations survey
Assorted news from the last week: This year’s Cancer Grand Challenges (funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute) include a category for
Assorted news from the last week: Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have genetically modified human
Assorted news from the last week: Twenty percent of children treated with drugs called anthracyclines go on to suffer heart failure later in life. Dr.
Assorted news from the last week: In a Swedish study of how families in pediatric oncology experienced illness‐related information and communication with professionals and within the
Assorted news from the last week: A study by a French research team found “that treatment with growth hormones is not associated with an increased

By CAC2 Member Bob Piniewski, People Against Childhood Cancer Childhood cancer statistics, like all statistics (1), can be confusing. Any statistic can be used to
Assorted news from the last week: Camp Okizu at Berry Creek, a camp for pediatric cancer patients and their families, sustained significant damage in California’s