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Children and Cancer: Information and Resources
Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

Types of Childhood Cancers

How Are Childhood Cancers Treated?

Find a Pediatric Cancer Center

Causes and Risk Factors of Childhood Cancer

Early Detection of Childhood Cancer

Coping with Childhood Cancer: Issues for Parents of Children with Cancer

Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis

Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Understanding the Healthcare System

Children Diagnosed with Cancer: Financial and Insurance Issues

Nutrition for Children with Cancer

Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Returning to School

Childhood Cancer: Late Effects of Cancer Treatment

Dealing with a Cancer Diagnosis in the Family

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Treatment

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With Recurrence or Progressive Illness

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Dealing With A Parent's Terminal Illness

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Understanding Psychosocial Support Services

Helping Children When A Family Member Has Cancer: Bereavement Information for Children and Parents

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Other Organizations and Web Sites

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Telephone: 1-847-375-4716
Internet Address: www.aspho.org

American Brain Tumor Association
Telephone: 1-800-886-2282
Internet Address: www.abta.org

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Telephone: 1-800-366-2223
Internet Address: www.candlelighters.org or www.candle.org
(Texas Division - more general information for patient use)

Child Life Council
Telephone: 1-301-881-7090
Internet Address: www.childlife.org

CureSearch – Children's Oncology Group
Telephone: 1-800-458-6223
Internet Address: http://www.curesearch.org

Harriet Lane WWW Links (maintained by Johns Hopkins University)
Internet Address: http://www.derm.med.jhmi.edu/poi

National Brain Tumor Foundation
Telephone: 1-800-934-2873 or 1-510-839-9777
Internet Address: www.braintumor.org

National Cancer Institute, Pediatric Oncology Branch Cancer Information Service
Telephone: 1-800-4-CANCER or 800-422-6237
Internet Address: home.ccr.cancer.gov/oncology/pediatric/

National Children's Cancer Society, Inc.
Telephone: 1-800-532-6459
Internet Address: www.nationalchildrenscancersociety.org

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Telephone: 1-877-622-7937 or 1-301-650-9127
Internet Address: www.canceradvocacy.org

Pediatric Oncology Group
Telephone: 1-312-482-9944
Internet Address: www.pog.ufl.edu

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Telephone: 1-800-955-4572
Internet Address: www.leukemia-lymphoma.org

ACS Publications

After Diagnosis: A Guide for Patients and Families

Angels and Monsters

What Happened to You, Happened to Me

When Your Brother or Sister Has Cancer

Revised: 03/09/2006

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