Assorted News from the Last Week:

Survival rates for cancer patients on immunotherapy depend on insurance coverage: Those on private insurance or Medicaid had higher survival rates compared to uninsured.

Are chemicals to blame for cancer in young people? Here’s what the evidence says.

Global, regional, and national burden of Pediatric and adolescent thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2021: a statistical analysis of prevalence, incidence, and DALYs.

Pediatric cancer treatment and child death impose significant financial strain on families.

Prevalence of cancer-related cognitive impairment in pediatric patients and survivors of non-CNS cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings:

Entertainment to Affect Change (E2AC) invites you to attend the Boston screening of Seeing a Different Future, a documentary film focused on the people and partnerships that together led to meaningful progress in the treatment of the most common type of pediatric brain tumor at WBUR CitySpace, Boston, 6:00 pm ET on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Click here for event details and to reserve your seat.

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.

Past Recordings:

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.

CAC2 member Mark Levine hosts a podcast called, “Help and Hope Happen Here” (available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts). Access recent podcasts with CAC2 Members (and visit Help and Hope Happen Here for interviews with other CAC2 members and thought leaders from around the community):

• Patty Furco (CAC2 Member Abby’s Legacy Foundation) and others speak about Audrey’s Children.

Take Action:

The Childhood Cancer Data Jamboree (https://events.cancer.gov/nci/ods-data-jamboree) will be held on September 2025, 09/29 – 09/30. Interested individuals are highly encouraged to join this event, register and submit a project abstract summary concurrently. Before submitting a project abstract, interested folks are encouraged to identify potential datasets to be accessed and used, and tools if applicable (see Resources) to solve a specific question. The project abstracts will be reviewed and selected by a committee after the due date of June 23. Even if they are just looking to join a team without proposing project ideas, they can submit an abstract indicating their areas of interest. Travel sponsorship will be considered once the project is selected and their attendance confirmed.

The National Academies Committee on Strategies to Enhance Pediatric Health Research Funded by NIH invites pediatric patients and their families to share their experiences, thoughts, and perspectives on NIH-supported pediatric research. Click for more information or  Click to submit your experience.