|
Although dying is a part of life, a child's death, in a very real sense, is unnatural and has a devastating and enduring impact.
Today 25% of children diagnosed with cancer will not survive. But your support can and will make a difference. 30 years ago 90% of children diagnosed with cancer lost their fight. Progress has been made but we are not there yet. Many pediatric cancer survival rates lag behind and are in desperate need of funding for research into new and innovative treatments and inevitably a cure.
A government report in April found a “near absence” of research into pediatric cancer drugs. According to a report by the Institute of Medicine, a non-profit group that advises the government on health policy, approximately half of the oncology drugs to treat children are at least 20 years old. Additionally, pharmaceutical companies do not test their drugs on pediatric cancers because they run a risk of failure with a drug that has been effective in the more lucrative adult market.
A cure for pediatric cancer begins with you. Through Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Foundation,
your support and donations will help scientists and leading pediatric oncologists at leading Comprehensive Cancer Centers, accelerate and deepen their investigation into new therapies, drugs, and less toxic strategies, in an all out effort to save the lives of innocent children.
Your donations can be directed to the specific pediatric cancer of your choice or you may simply donate to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer’s General Fund where funds are granted after peer review to research projects that our esteemed medical advisory board believes to be the most promising and necessary research in need of support. Cookies for Kids Cancer will direct the majority of it’s resources to the nations 22 Comprehensive Cancer Centers (see list below).
Dr. Brian H. Kushner and Dr. Kim Kramer are the Co-Chairs of the Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Medical Advisory Board; along with a diverse panel of peers. The board is dedicated to identifying critical research needs across the 12 distinct types of pediatric cancer to bring the most promising life saving therapies to trial and clinic as quickly as possible.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of the worlds leading cancer centers, is dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer.
World-renowned experts from NCCN Member Institutions diagnose and treat patients with a broad spectrum of cancers and are recognized for dealing with complex, aggressive, or rare cancers. More than 160,000 new patients receive cancer care at NCCN Member Institutions over the course of any year. NCCN Member Institutions pioneered the concept of the multidisciplinary team approach to patient care and lead the fight against cancer as they integrate programs in patient care, research, and education.
The NCCN Member Institutions are:
 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute, Memphis, TN
City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, AL
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a recognized 501(c)3 public charity and your donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.
|
