This is the week of the Final Four in NCAA Basketball for men and women. Did you know that Americans are expected to wager an estimated $3.1 billion in legal bets on the NCAA March Madness tournament alone this year. That's even more than was bet on the February, 2025 Super

#KidsFirst partner 4AydenStrong advocates for children with #DIPG, driving #pediatricbraintumor research. ecs.page.link/An9N8 #CaringCoalition

Only 4 out of 5 kids will live more than 5 years after being diagnosed with #ChildhoodCancer. In the final days of 2024, at the very last minute, 4 very important legislative bills were dropped from the final package. Our kids can't afford to lose this legislation. All 4 are

Final Four? For every 5 kids diagnosed with cancer, only 4 will be alive five years after their diagnosis date. After spending 4 years getting 5 very important #ChildhoodCancer legislative measures passed in the US House of Representatives, 4 of them were dropped from the US

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You can do this (less than 3 minutes) during Halftime in tonight's Final Four Games. Here's an easy way to ask your Congressperson and both Senators to support the Give Kids a Chance Act which contains the bills that were cut from the end of the year package. This is crucial to

Aren't all cancers the same? No. According to the National Cancer Institute, "Cancer in children and young adults is different from cancer that develops later in life. Some of the unwanted side effects of cancer treatments cause more harm to children than they do to adults. This

#KidsFirstDRC virtual office hours are now held in collaboration with #Velsera and Children’s Brain Tumor Network. Tomorrow, get your technical questions answered by our experts and learn more about leveraging these great resources: ecs.page.link/wVdQX

Don’t miss Philip Lupo, PhD as he shares his insights on development and childhood cancer today at 1:45 p.m. ecs.page.link/RiYSk #AACR25

Today at 2 p.m. catch #KidsFirst expert Yiran Guo, PhD presenting Variant Workbench insights at #AACR25 ecs.page.link/RiYSk #CancerResearchAnnualMeeting #PediatricCancer

Today is #ChildhoodCancer Awareness Wednesday. While brain cancer is not the most diagnosed cancer in children and adolescents, it is the one that kills more kids than any other cancer. May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Awareness=Action=Funding=Research=Cures

This is a Must Read for anyone who is a #ChildhoodCancer survivor or has a child who is a survivor. Five key findings from a recently published study in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) is a definite call to action for survivors to be very proactive in taking

June is a great time to tell others why we need to invest in cancer treatments developed specifically for children. We still use chemo on kids' cancers and it causes problems for survivors. The toxic chemo treatment kills cancer cells which are the fastest growing cells, but all

The toxic chemo treatments that our children fighting receive kills cancer which are the fastest growing cells, but all cells in a child's body are growing quickly, therefore some of the good fast growing cells are also affected. This has a major impact on their future health, it

What happens when a clinician, a scientist, a data expert, and a parent advocate come together to talk cures? Big conversations. Bold ideas. Shared purpose. 🗓️ June 26 at 1 p.m. ET: monkeylink.co/bbe510 #DataForCures #PediatricResearch #CommunityConnection

Faster access. Faster discovery. On June 26, see how research moves with #KidsFirst. 🧬 monkeylink.co/bbe510 #DataForCures #CommunityConnection #PediatricResearch

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Take your vacation! According to a University of Florida study, "The odds of being attacked by a shark in the U.S. are 3,748,067 to 1." Last year there were 24 unprovoked attacks in the US. Please help #ChildhoodCancer by letting people know that kids cancer is not rare, but