Children with Cancer

Travel assistance for childhood cancer patients

“It's critical that patients are able to get to treatment. That they're able to get the best treatment possible. The travel assistance program helps them do that.”

— Dr. Louis J. DeGennaro, President and Chief Executive Officer Leukemia & Lymphona Society

“Many of the patients we work with are children. The families are traveling a great distance. Mom and dad having to take time off work to travel back and forth for the duration of treatment which is typically two to three years for most of our pediatric patients.” explains Lauren Hall, Senior Director, Patient & Community Outreach Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

This is the importance of the travel assistance program, you need to be able to get to those physicians, you need to be able to get to them in a timely fashion, and in many cases you have to get to them frequently.

Learn more about NBCA’s program to help childhood cancer patients get to treatment — Step Up for Children with Cancer.

Symptoms and Treatments for Children's Cancer

The listed Symptoms and Treatments for Different Types of Childhood Cancer information was collected from the Children’s Cancer Research Fund website.

Children's Cancer Research Fund

7301 Ohms Lane, Suite 460, Minneapolis, MN 55439

888-422-7348 / 952-893-9355
childrenscancer.org

Children’s Cancer Research Fund invests in lifesaving, leading-edge research in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of childhood cancers and blood-related disorders.

Childhood cancers are mostly those of the white blood cells (leukemia), brain, bone, and the lymphatic system (lymphoma). Cancerous tumors also can develop in the muscles, kidneys, and nervous system. Like cancers that occur in adults, each type of childhood cancer behaves differently, but all develop because of an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

However, children’s cancers do not always act like, get treated like, or respond like adult cancers.

Learn more about the symptoms and treatments for different types of childhood cancer click the links below:

Local Resources for Children's Cancer

Children’s Cancer Community

Santa Rosa, CA, childrenscancercommunity.org

Children’s Cancer Community offers the following support to families battling cancer in their child:

Support Group Meetings
Meetings are held in Santa Rosa and Fairfield once a month.

Survival Kits
CCC offers survival kits for newly diagnosed families.

Scholarship Program
CCC’s scholarship program helps graduating high school seniors and returning college students with financial assistance as they work their way through higher education.

The National Childrens Cancer Society

One South Memorial Drive, Suite 800 St., Louis, MO 63102

314-241-1600
thenccs.org

The National Childrens Cancer Society serves as a financial, emotional, and educational resource for families that can’t make ends meet when their child is diagnosed with cancer. Since their inception, they have provided more than $54 million in direct financial assistance to more than 30,000 children nationwide, and we work closely with over 200 hospitals and pediatric oncology units throughout the US.

Visit the resources below to learn more about how The National Childrens Cancer Society can help during treatment.

National Cancer Institute

800-422-6237
cancer.gov

The National Cancer Institute is an immense forum that provides information about all forms of cancer. It provides statistics, research, treatment, and overall knowledge about cancer.

Visit the Factsheet on Childhood Cancers.

Mithil Prasad Foundation

mithilprasadfoundation.org

The Mithil Prasad Foundation supports DIPG research and patients.

Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) are highly aggressive and difficult to treat brain tumors found at the base of the brain. They are glial tumors, meaning they arise from the brain’s glial tissue—tissue made up of cells that help support and protect the brain’s neurons. These tumors are found in an area of the brainstem (the lowest, stem-like part of the brain) called the pons, which controls many of the body’s most vital functions such as breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate.

CureSearch

(Western Region)

440 E. Huntington Drive, Suite 400, Arcadia, CA 91006

626-447-1674
curesearch.org

CureSearch for Children’s Cancer is a national non-profit foundation whose mission is to fund and support children’s cancer research and provide information and resources to all those affected by children’s cancer. CureSearch supports clinical trials research at more than 180 local hospitals across the United States. These hospitals participate in National Cancer Institute sponsored clinical trials conducted by the Children’s Oncology Group. Through the CureSearch Investigational Research Initiative, CureSearch also funds basic and translational research that offers the greatest potential to design treatments and improve outcomes for children with difficult-to-treat cancers.