Kid's Links & Support Groups
Kids
Home at NCI:
A web page just for kids with cancer sponsored by the
National Cancer Institute. Here kids can share their
art work, stories and poems. This site has some things
for parents too.
Candlelighters Childhood
Cancer Family Alliance: is a non-profit 501C3
children's charity organized to provide emotional, educational,
and practical assistance to children with cancer and
their families treated at the Texas Medical Center and/or
reside in thirteen counties of the greater Houston area.
All programs and services are provided at no cost to
families.
Childhood
Leukemia Center: This Center has been created
especially for parents and others caring for a child
with leukemia or other cancer.
Childrens Miracle
Network: Every year Children's Miracle Network
helps over 12 million children. By supporting 170 premiere
children's hospitals in North America, CMN gives kids
a chance they might not get any other way
Growth
House Helping Children with Serious Illness and
Grief: The Growth House Web Page is an
international gateway to resources for life-threatening
illness and end of life issues. Their topic pages will
link you to sites around the world that meet their "best
of the net" review standards that include both
content and presentation. They have also added valuable
pain management links.
Make-a-Wish Foundation
of America: Fulfilling the wishes of children
with serious illnesses.
Onkolink´s
Kids Corner: A special section of the
outstanding Oncolink site provided by the University
Of Pennsylvania. Includes content on helping children
and their families cope with cancer, children's artwork,
a "Kemo Shark" cartoon book to help children
understand chemotherapy, e-mail lists specifically for
children with or affected by cancer, and other great
features. The site is well-integrated with the rest
of the extensive Oncolink content. Includes links to
related web sites with a focus on pediatric oncology.
Children's
Oncology Group: The merger of the four pediatric
oncology cooperative groups in 2000-- the Children's
Cancer Group, the Pediatric Oncology Group, Wilms Tumor
Study Group, and the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Group--
resulted in a single NCI-sponsored network of pediatric
oncology researchers and hospitals. Hospitals throughout
the US, the UK, and European coordinate clinical research
studies on new treatments in childhood cancer.
The Children's Oncology
Group (COG) is expected to provide a more efficient
organization to determine the safety and efficacy of
new treatments for childhood cancer. Please note that
clinical trials are listed in the NCI and NIH databases
as POG, CCG, and COG trials. For more info http://www.childrenscause.org/research/aboutthecog.asp
Foundation for the
Children's Oncology Group: Foundation for the
Children's Oncology Group is a non-profit organization
which supports pediatric cancer treatment and research
projects at over 115 of the most prestigious pediatric
medical institutions in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
This network of 2800 pediatric cancer specialists is
called the Children's Cancer Group (CCG).
The Never-Ending
Squirrel Tale: This web site is for the parent´s
of kids with cancer. It offers them practical tips,
encouragement, and information, as well as many links
to other sites. A wonderful source for HOSPITAL
SURVIVAL techniques, developed by a mother to assist
others in their journey through cancer treatment. A
very fun and informative site for parents of hospitalized
child.
The Sunshine
Kids: is a national, non-profit, volunteer organization
established by Rhoda Tomasco in March, 1982, in Houston,
Texas. They are funded by contributions from individuals,
corporations, and foundations. The Sunshine Kids are
not affiliated with any one hospital, but strive to
provide programs designed for children in hospitals
across the United States.
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