Parents Tips

Take it step by step- Ewing Sarcoma- 4.5 Year old boy

Take it gradually, step by step. At each stage, it is better to focus on the ‘here and now’ than overthink possible future ‘what if’s’. […]

Sperm Banking for Adolescents With Cancer

As treatments for childhood cancers have improved, more and more survivors are entering their reproductive years, and are thinking about starting families of their own. […]

Retinoblastoma

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is considered to be a world leader in research for Retinoblastoma.

Personalized Medicine for Brain Tumors

The Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC) is a network of more than 20 children’s hospitals that conduct clinical trials of new therapies for children with brain tumors […]

DIPG- A potential new target for treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

There are some childhood cancers that have experienced few treatment advances in the past decades. The lack of effective treatment options can be a nightmare […]

Neuroblastoma: prepare your child for an MIBG therapy

The child is radioactive after the infusion so you cannot be with him for about one week. If you have a little child that doesn’t […]

Use your intuition

The story of Rachael Au Hoon, a resident of Waikapu, Hawaii it’s a reminder of how parents agonize when a child is diagnosed with cancer. […]

Obesity and Childhood Cancer

Jennifer a pediatric nurse dedicated to raising awareness for all types of cancer published a small note in The oncology nursing news about the increased risk of […]

Get involved, get inspired, together we can make it happen

Reader’s digest created a space for parents with kids with cancer; they interview 5 parents, each of whom had a child diagnosed with cancer. Fighters, activist, […]

How to explain your child about brain cancer?

Sometimes as parents we have a difficult time in finding the right words to explain our children about the therapies they are getting and we […]

What is Chemo Brain?

The webpage Oncology Nurse Advisor, published last March 14, 2018, an article about Managing Chemo Brain in Pediatric Survivors of Childhood Cancer that we believe it’s common for kids […]

Genome sequencing of cancer survivors

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital completed the first whole-genome sequencing of cancer survivors and the conclusions where that 12% of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations […]

Tracking Mobile APP For Carcinoid Tumors

Carcinoid NETs Health Storylines is an application developed in partnership with the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation. It’s completely free and makes it easy to record your symptoms, nutritional concerns […]

The Role of nutrition in pediatric cancer patients

      After her son was diagnosed with cancer at age 11, Danielle Cook, MS, launched herself into better understanding which foods might best […]

Raining in my heart

Raining in my heart is a documentary released the last November of 2017 by real stories, of three children who enrolled in cancer research clinical trials […]

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Some Inspiration

Sam a child diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, he was not eligible for clinical trials because he was only 2 years old. Sam lost […]

Cancer advice from parents of children with Retinoblastoma

For the first ophthalmology referral if you have any unusual photos of your child’s eye/s, take these with you. Since the treatment includes many interventions, […]

What about Music Therapy?

Part of an integrative oncological treatment is to take care of all aspect of our children; music is a powerful expression tool that reduces anxiety, […]

Retinoblastoma Signs and Symptoms (Video)

What are the main signs and symptoms of Retinoblastoma? Find out in this short video. In collaboration with Childhood Cancer International and the International Society of […]

Detect Eye Cancer (Retinoblastoma) with Your Smart Phone

Retinoblastoma is curable when diagnosed early and treated appropriately. This post is dedicated to inspiration and awareness. Often affected families who underwent though this road […]

Natural nausea solution for kids

Is your child suffering from Nausea? We know that in order to prevent or decrease Nausea, a doctor may prescribe anti-nausea meds (such as Zofran, […]

Post Treatment Headaches and migraines

Post cancer treatment effects Headaches and migraines are a known post treatment phenomena, which some doctors associate with the treatment and some don’t. It could […]

When you get “There is nothing we can do”

When your doctor/s tell you there is nothing else they can do for your child, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is nothing that can be […]

The Challenge of sarcoma types of cancer

Soft tissue sarcoma is a group of more than 70 rare cancers that originate in soft tissues such as fat, muscles, nerves, and tendons. Because […]

Don’t judge a book by its cover and a tumor by its tissue

“For most cancer patients and their doctors, the most important things to know about a tumor are where it arose in the body and how […]

About Parents and Doctors

More often than not, doctors will focus on the medical side. That’s their job. They can’t REALLY get involved with what we parents go through […]

Liver surgery and transplant

Here are two doctors among the best in the world for liver surgery and transplants – both in NYC: Dr. Jean Emond from Columbia University Medical […]

Why it is a good idea to seek a second opinion

There are lots of reasons to seek a second opinion. Here are a few: Some doctors may favor one treatment approach, while others might suggest […]

A second opinion for Proton-therapy from Mass General (Boston)

Why not get another opinion? Dr. Norbert Liebsch from Mass General Proton is known to consult over the phone if you pre-send them scans. http://www.protonsforkids.org/ […]

Brain tumors: Consult Dr. Fineley from LACH

Dr. Jonathan Finlay, from Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles is an expert and a thought leader in brain tumors in children which can not / should […]

ChondroSarcoma: Keep looking outside the conventional treatment

The main treatment for ChondroSarcoma is by surgery. That being said, there is a growing number of patients who have gotten good results with alternative […]

Radiation in infants (Israel)

Three (3) years is the minimum age for radiation treatment in Israel. This means that there is very little experience in radiation children under this […]

Radiation in infants (Israel)

Three (3) years is the minimum age for radiation treatment in Israel. This means that there is very little experience in radiation children under this […]

Vomiting in the morning

Vomiting in the morning is an early sign for a possible brain tumor.

Know everything you can about your child’s disease

Learning about your child’s disease is important for a couple of reasons: You want to be able to have a meaningful conversation with your doctor […]

NeuroBlastoma: prepare your child for an MIBG therapy

The child is radioactive after the infusion so you cannot be with him for about one week. If you have a little child that doesn’t […]

Get yourself into doctors’ systems

In case you have identified the best doctor in the world for your child, try to get yourself into his/her patient’s system by getting their […]

Retinoblastoma: New treatment in MSKCC

A new treatment developed in Japan (available also in MSKCC in New York) for retinoblastoma. The treatment, includes a direct chemo injection into the eyeball. […]

RhabdoMyoSarcoma : Get a second opinion from Dr. Leonard Wexler from MSKCC

Get a second opinion from Dr. Leonard Wexler from MSKCC. Dr. Leonard Wexler is probably one of the most experienced doctors in the world in […]

Neuroblastoma: harvest as many stem cells as you can

Neuroblastoma- Harvest as many stem cells as you can, as early as you can. Since this process will slowly become impossible, while the need may […]

Know everything you can about your child’s disease

Learning about your child’s disease is important for a couple of reasons: You want to be able to have a meaningful conversation with your doctor […]