American Childhood Cancer Organization
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Educational resources to children with cancer, survivors, and their families. ACCO is the oldest and largest grassroots childhood cancer organization in the U.S. dedicated to making childhood cancer a national health priority.
American Childhood Cancer Organization
4d ago
Meet Trey, an Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) survivor! “Trey attended his first day of soccer practice at daycare and came home with no appetite.…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1w ago
Meet Aaron, a stage 3 rhabdomyosarcoma hero. Aaron started experiencing left ear pain and droopiness on the left side of his face and eye and…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
2w ago
Meet Kim, mother of Jared, a childhood cancer hero. Today, we ran a condensed version of this story on our social media but intended to…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1M ago
This article originally appeared on VRforHealth.com Website. VRforHealth has been supporting the great work of 18Loop and ACCO since April 2022. On this second anniversary…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1M ago
Meet Declan, a neuroblastoma hero. Just after Declan’s third birthday, his mother, Victoria, noticed bruising on his belly. She took him to the emergency room…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1M ago
This excerpt is from an article appearing on The Gazette entitled, “Cancer in Iowa: Here’s how Iowans are battling the state’s dire cancer rates,” written…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1M ago
Meet Axel, a 4-year-old stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. According to his grandmother, Cindy, Axel’s diagnosis came shortly after his parents found a lump in…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
1M ago
Meet Athena, a 19-year-old Hodgkin’s Lymphoma warrior. In the spring of Athena’s senior year in high school, she developed a low-grade fever for a week.…
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2M ago
Meet Jackson, a 4-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) warrior and 2024 ACCO Ambassador. Jackson was just three years old when he received the diagnosis of…
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American Childhood Cancer Organization
2M ago
Meet Devyn, a 2-year-old stage 4 neuroblastoma survivor. Shortly after Devyn turned one, she had eye swelling, sweating and pupil changes. After testing, biopsies and…
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