Resources and information for parents of children with cancer . . . by parents of children with cancer.

Site Sections

• Family Support
• Info on Childhood Cancers
• Treatment Issues
• Survivorship Issues
• Grief ("Time To Go")
• Get Involved
• Links to Helpful Sites
• Journal Searches

Reference

• Glossaries
• PubMed
• Lists of Resources
• Childhood Cancer Stats

About This Site

• About This Site
• Contact
• Site Index

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Special Sections

• Grand listing of cancer kid web pages - "Stories and Faces"
• ALL (leukemia) expanded information
• Sea to AraC essay
• Do's and Don't's for friends and family

Special Notices

• August 2016: Survey for parents of children on treatment

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Welcome to the Ped-Onc Resource Center, a web site for parents, friends, and families of children who have or had childhood cancer. This resource center was created by and for people who know young people who are recovering from cancer. Most of the contributors to this site are members of the ACOR pediatric cancer mailing lists, especially ped-onc, ped-onc-survivors, and ALL-kids.

Special announcements:

Childhood Cancer Guides released in April 2015 a little book called "Your Child in the Hospital: A Practical Guide for Parents" to help parents of newly hospitalized kids (it's not cancer focused). Three million kids are hospitalized each year in the United States, and their parents need all the help they can get. Info at www.yourchildinthehospital.org.

The new Edition of a classic by Nancy Keene, Wendy Hobbie, and Kathy Ruccione: Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future is now available in bookstores and from online booksellers. Click on the image for more details.

Family Support

• emotional & psychological support, e-mail list information
• financial helps, kids and teens, summer camps, wish organizations
• on- and off-treatment education issues, more

Information on Cancers

• leukemia, neuroblastoma, brain cancers, lymphomas, Wilms', bone cancers, germ cell tumors, rhabdomyosarcoma, retinoblastoma, other types
• signs of childhood cancers
• causes of childhood cancers
• more

Treatment Issues

• procedures and tests, controlling pain, mediports, diagnostic scans
• clinical trial information
• blood counts, mouth care, sore bottoms
• chemotherapy and radiation
• bone marrow/stem cell transplants
• complementary and alternative medicine
• more

Survivorship Issues

• late effects of treatment for childhood cancer, cognitive late effects, survivors clinics

Grief

• preparing for the death of a child, planning funerals & memorials, grief links

Get Involved

• ways to get involved in childhood cancer advocacy, how to help
• list of childhood cancer interest groups
• stats on childhood cancers

Links to Helpful Sites and Journal Searches

• annotated links to comprehensive web sites on childhood cancer, links to journal searches

Resources (Lists)

• books, support organizations, videos and computer games, hats and wigs, scholarships, more

About This Site

• about this site, privacy policy, terms of service, contact information, site index

General Disclaimer

These pages are intended for informational purposes only and are not intended to render medical advice. The information provided on Ped Onc Resource Center should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or a disease. It is not a substitute for professional care. If you suspect your child has a health problem, you should consult your health care provider.

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