The B+ Foundation®: A Children’s Cancer Charity
We’re helping kids fight cancer through…
Family Assistance
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Research
Read more about the many research projects you’re helping to fund — and the success we’re having!
Advocacy
These groups are the preeminent, national collaborations of childhood cancer charities and medical professional groups, who advocate for greater awareness of childhood cancer and significantly increased federal and private sector funding of childhood cancer research.
Numbers that need to change
Number of children diagnosed with cancer every school day
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Percentage of federal cancer research funding that is dedicated to childhood cancer research
Number of children that will die this week from cancer
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Notes from Joe
Counting our Blessings
B+ Hero Profile During this week of Thanksgiving, I'm tremendously thankful that most of our children survive cancer. This is largely due to the commitment and investment in research that has dramatically increased survival rates. This is not to say that survivors...
SIOP 2019
Last week was very exciting as 2,700 delegates from 110 countries gathered in Lyon, France for SIOP 2019. SIOP stands for the Society Internationale Oncologie Pediatrique. I was privileged to be in attendance and participated in many exciting sessions that ranged...
Vincristine Update & Congratulations Ali!
Vincristine Shortage Have you heard about the vincristine shortage? Vincristine is a drug used to treat several types of #ChildhoodCancer including leukemias and lymphomas. Attached below is the latest update from the Children's Oncology Group. “At the beginning of...