Assorted News from the Last Week:
Drug combination sidesteps resistance in aggressive childhood neuroblastoma models.
Study results suggest that apatinib plus IE may improve PFS in relapsed or refractory osteosarcoma.
Experimental liver cancer vaccine shows promise for young patients in early trial.
Researchers highlight genetic factors in pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors.
High risk of metastatic recurrence found among young cancer patients.
Upcoming Webinars, Online Opportunities, and Meetings:
National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) meeting, Tuesday, December 2, from 11:10 AM to 5:00 PM EDT. Here is the NIH Videocast link. And here is the meeting agenda.
Christmas at Children’s National Toy Drive sponsored by Liv’s Creative Legacy, November 7 through December 4. Click here for more information.
AACR to Release Inaugural AACR Pediatric Cancer Progress Report 2025 on December 4. Click here for more information and to register.
Register now for an NCI webinar on Liquid Biopsy for Retinoblastoma on December 9, at 1:00 ET.
Cancer Advocacy Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 12PM EST. Click here for more information and to register.
Past Recordings:
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):
- Grace Eline (With Grace Foundation)
Take Action:
Urgent! On December 1, the House of Representatives will vote on the Give Kids a Chance Act and will change the name to honor and remember Mikaela Naylon, for whom this bill will come too late. Urgent! We need everyone to write this week using this quick and easy form to ask your Representative and both Senators to pass this bipartisan legislation, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act. Click Here to Take Action congressweb.com/KVC/14/
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