Assorted News from the Last Week:
Scoping review of the utilization of wearable devices in pediatric and young adult oncology
Prognostic factors in patients with relapsed high-grade osteosarcoma: a systematic review.
New research shows promise for targeted therapies for pediatric gliomas.
New strategy to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy against cancer.
Oncogene aberrations drive medulloblastoma progression, not initiation.
Sucralose artificial sweetener could make cancer treatment less effective.
Study offers clearer picture of childhood brain tumor survival.
Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings:
Great Gold Rush Race, a 5K Run/3K walk and family festival with DJ, food, auctions, games, magic show, and new this year cornhole tournament. Registration at 11:00 CT with race start at noon on September 7. Click here for more information and to register.
The Golden Toast is an annual event held in Washington, D.C., hosted by The Carson Leslie Foundation to celebrate the childhood cancer community and their legislative achievements. This year’s event will be on Thursday September 18. Click here for more information and to register.
Austin Hatcher Foundation will hold its18th annual Celebration of Life and Hope on September 20 at 7:00 ET. Click here for more information and to register.
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing is pleased to announce Race Against Kids’ Cancer (RAKC), which will be at High Plains Raceway where these wonderful cars of all years and vintages are invited to gather to celebrate this class and September 27-28. Click here for more information and to register.
NCI Office of Data Sharing will host a Data Jamboree that focuses on finding and accessing datasets, building specific pediatric cancer cohorts, and aggregating or linking datasets from various data systems still present tremendous challenges for the wider research and care community, on September 29 and 30, 2025. Click here for more information and to register.
The National Cancer Institute’s CCDI Symposium is happening this October in person in Bethesda, MD or online! Click here to register..
Past Recordings:
Seeing a Different Future: A true story of passion, partnership, and progress for children with brain tumors
A recent episode of PBS Medical Stories titled “Carson’s Battle with Neuroblastoma” is currently available on CAC2 Supporting Organization United Therapeutics website and will soon be available for streaming on the PBS/Inventi Media YouTube channel and the and Medical Stories website.
Take Action:
The Alternatives Research & Development Foundation (ARDF) is excited to announce a new funding opportunity through our Alternatives in Research (AiR) Challenge program: Focus on Childhood Cancer. The Focus on Childhood Cancer program will fund promising proposals that use innovative and human-relevant research methods to address challenging and important research questions related to childhood cancers.
Key Information:
- Maximum award per project is $210,000 (up to five awards total)
- LOI Deadline: September 15, 2025
- Projects must specifically focus on childhood cancer and address the program’s dual aims: improving knowledge or treatment of childhood cancer, and demonstrating the value of non-animal approaches in biomedical research
- Eligible applicants must be affiliated with a US-based non-profit, tax-exempt, non-governmental educational or research institution.
The AiR Challenge: Focus on Childhood Cancer program is now accepting LOIs through ARDF’s application portal on Proposal Central. To learn more, visit: https://www.ardf-
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