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Children's Cancer Foundation / 16/09/2025
The Royal Women’s Hospital In Time program helps young people up to the age of 24 with cancer preserve their fertility at no cost. This gives families hope for the future along with life-saving treatment.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 09/09/2025
In paediatric cancer wards around the world, there's a bittersweet moment that every family of a child who has undergone a stem cell treatment knows. After celebrating a successful procedure, their doctor delivers good news that carries a shadow of fear: "The transplant worked. Now we wait – the next 100 days will be the most challenging."
Children's Cancer Foundation / 09/09/2025
While childhood cancer cure rates have reached an impressive 85%, most children are treated with drugs originally developed for adults, and the journey to recovery remains fraught with uncertainty about how each child's body will respond to treatment. But what if doctors could predict exactly how each child's body would respond to treatment before the first dose was given?
Million Dollar Lunch / 22/08/2025
Last Friday, 15th August, marked the 20th anniversary of The Million Dollar Lunch, and the celebration was nothing short of spectacular, raising over $2.2 million for childhood cancer research, world-class clinical care, and essential support for families.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 28/07/2025
In May 2025, the Children’s Cancer Foundation launched a new brand campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for better and kinder cancer treatments for children. The Foundation is grateful to Natalie and Rafael Oaten who bravely shared Raf’s childhood cancer story to raise awareness of the side effects cancer treatment has on young children.
Children's Cancer Foundation / 22/05/2025
After an extensive international search, the University of Melbourne, in partnership with the Children’s Cancer Foundation and My Room Children’s Cancer Charity, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor David Eisenstat as the inaugural Children’s Cancer Foundation and My Room Chair in Childhood Cancer.
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