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Hyundai Hope On Wheels Launches its 15th Year at the New York International Auto Show with National Youth Ambassador C.J. George NEW YORK, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America and its dealers will announce today the launch of their 15(th) year in the fight against pediatric cancer through their nonprofit Hyundai Hope On Wheels®. The announcement is being made at the Hyundai display at the New York International Auto Show. Hyundai Hope On Wheels will donate an...
MESA, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Children's at Cardon Children's Medical Center has partnered with Banner Research to be approved as a Children's Oncology Group (COG) Institution. This designation partners both groups to provide infrastructure to conduct pediatric clinical cancer trials at Cardon Children's. This affiliation will provide children and their loved ones access to cutting edge treatments that may otherwise not be available. This prestigious...
30 Days, 1 Cause PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia launches 30 Days, 1 Cause, an advertising and social media campaign to bring the issue of funding for pediatric cancer research to the forefront as part of September's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120904/DC66813) The 30 Days, 1 Cause campaign encourages the community to register for the Four Seasons Parkway Run/Walk, and...
Findings could enable individualized treatment for patients with medulloblastoma BOSTON, July 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) and several collaborating institutions have linked mutations in specific genes to each of the four recognized subtypes of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of children. The discovery, reported July in the journal Nature, provides doctors with potential biomarkers...
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A pill designed to zero in on abnormal genes that drive specific cancers has produced encouraging early results in children with an uncommon but aggressive type of lymphoma, as well as in children with a rare form of neuroblastoma. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/50776-childrens-hospital-philadelphia-lymphoma-neuroblastoma-oncology-gene-trial (Photo:...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It takes life-saving research to Conquer Kids' Cancer! The St. Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded two research grants to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Vandana Batra, M.D., received a $205,582 Fellow award and Jill Ginsberg, M.D., will lead a study funded by a $250,000 Consortium Research Grant. Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are...
COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States, announced today that the company has renewed its long-term commitment to childhood and youth cancer treatment and research. The Georgia-based insurance company has committed more than $600,000 to the Children's Oncology Group's Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) research program over the next three years, adding to the more $1 million Aflac has contributed to the...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia kicks off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with a new campaign called 30 Days, 1 Cause to bring the issue of funding for pediatric cancer research to the forefront. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110901/DC61398) Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease in children. Although significant progress has been made in the last 50 years, 20 percent of children still die from...
The Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups today released a set of guiding principles for the successful overhaul of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program. Prepared by the cooperative group chairs (the Coalition Board), the principles are aimed at ensuring that upcoming changes to the federal funding guidelines under which they operate lead to a strengthening of group-generated science that improves the outcomes for patients with cancer....
The Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups today released a set of guiding principles for the successful overhaul of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program. Prepared by the cooperative group chairs (the Coalition Board), the principles are aimed at ensuring that upcoming changes to the federal funding guidelines under which they operate lead to a strengthening of group-generated science that improves the outcomes for patients with cancer....
