Childhood Cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease in children and sadly, the number of new local families we serve has increased by approximately twenty percent this year. As such, a breakthrough such as this was especially welcome news.
More about the study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2411680
About The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) – COG (childrensoncologygroup.org), a member of the NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), is the world’s largest organization devoted exclusively to childhood and adolescent cancer research. COG unites over 10,000 experts in childhood cancer at more than 200 leading children’s hospitals, universities, and cancer centers across North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia in the fight against childhood cancer. Today, more than 80% of the 15,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States are cared for at COG member institutions. Research performed by COG institutions over the past 50 years has transformed childhood cancer from a virtually incurable disease to one with a combined 5-year survival rate of 86%. COG’s mission is to improve the cure rate and outcomes for all children with cancer.
