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5th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit!

You're Invited to the 5th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit!

On Friday, September 19, the Childhood Cancer Caucus will host its 5th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit: "Pediatric Cancer: Major Advances, Major Challenges".

The Hill: Advocates want $5B for childhood cancer fight

Advocates for those with childhood cancers will tell lawmakers Tuesday that more funding is badly needed to help research and treat the diseases. Members of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer are calling on congressional leaders to pass the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Reauthorization Act and increase funding to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The Hill: Advocates want $5B for childhood cancer fight

Advocates for those with childhood cancers will tell lawmakers Tuesday that more funding is badly needed to help research and treat the diseases. Members of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer are calling on congressional leaders to pass the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Reauthorization Act and increase funding to the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Concerns about Daunorubicin Shortage

Representatives McCaul and Van Hollen send letters to the FDA and Teva Pharmacueticals to seek more information about the ongoing shortage of daunorubicin, an essential therapy in the treatment of leukemia in children.

2013 Childhood Cancer Summit

YNN: Congress hosts childhood cancer caucus

Pediatricians and child health advocates joined members of Congress Thursday for the Fourth Annual Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus. Doctors say they're making progress in treating pediatric diseases and developing new drugs. The research has been made possible under the Creating Hope Act, co-sponsored by Austin Area Representative Michael McCaul. Budget battles in Washington have made some worry whether funding for pediatric cancer research could be cut. But McCaul says it shouldn't be affected. "Sequestration does provide a challenge for us, but we believe that this is the one area that's a real investment in the lives of our kids and our future that we can't afford to cut," McCaul said. The Creating Hope Act gives drug companies incentives to come up with new cancer treatments for children.

Progress in Developing First Pediatric Cancer Treatments in Decades Highlights 4th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit

Progress into research and development of the first new pediatric cancer drugs in nearly 30 years was announced at the 4th Annual Congressional Childhood Cancer Summit on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2013.

Progress in Developing First Pediatric Cancer Treatments in Decades Highlights 4th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit

Progress into research and development of the first new pediatric cancer drugs in nearly 30 years was announced at the 4th Annual Congressional Childhood Cancer Summit on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2013.

Progress in Developing First Pediatric Cancer Treatments in Decades Highlights 4th Annual Childhood Cancer Summit

Progress into research and development of the first new pediatric cancer drugs in nearly 30 years was announced at the 4th Annual Congressional Childhood Cancer Summit on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2013.