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Collaborating to end the dangerous waiting game after a stem cell transplant

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."

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Funding to unlock genetic insights for safer childhood cancer treatments

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?

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The Million Dollar Lunch 2025 – Celebrating 20 years

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.

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Cancer therapy too harsh for kids

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.

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Professor David Eisenstat appointed inaugural Chair supported by Children’s Cancer Foundation and My Room Children’s Cancer Charity

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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Our new childhood cancer awareness campaign is live. 

Children's Cancer Foundation - 21/05/2025

The Children’s Cancer Foundation has launched a new brand campaign - Don’t treat kids like adults - to raise awareness of the impact of cancer treatments on kids and is asking Australians to support funding for research into new curative treatments that are much gentler on young bodies that are still developing.

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