Forum: Childhood Cancers Forum

It looks like its been a while since anyone has posted. Just reaching out to see if there are any others out there.

My 8 and a half year old daughter is haveing surgery in 10 days to remove a neoplasm that is growing in one of the knuckle joints of her writing...

Recently my 4 year old son was diagnosed with ALL :cry: after countless times of the Gp failing to realise he was seriously ill. However with his...

I have a 2 1/2 year old son who is sick. He weighs 24 lbs. He is anemic and pale. He is vitamin D deficient and broke his leg twice when he was 20...

Hi everyone! I am posting about a new project and campaign that aims to bring a team of superhero performers to Childrens hospitals and care...

My 7yo son was diagnosed with ALL on 1/16 We completed induction last Friday. The doctor just called and said they were hoping to see his levels at...

Hi, Our 4-yr-old daughter is in maintenance phase of treatment for standard-risk ALL leukemia. As part of the treatment, she gets "pulses" of...

Well my story starts back to when my son was a baby -- random symptoms such as neutropenia, low liver panel, petechia (sp), fevers. All of these...

So while we wait to see if the state provided insurance is going to approve a specialist. My mind wonders. Clark has always been on the lean side...

Hi everyone, I am very new to all of this. My son was diagnosed with ALL pre B cell leukemia on Sept. 5th 2012. His symptoms were bruising on his...

Hello everyone, a few weeks ago my son started out with a high fever and complaining of back pain. We thought maybe something kidney or urinary...

Hello all, My name is Andy and I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma this year. Since bone cancer usually happens to children so I've decided to post...

Hello. Last night my Daughter (12yrs) came to me & asked why the lump in her neck is different to the others. Like many people, she has a nodule on...

My 16 year old nephew was just diagnosed today with this condition, and from what I am reading it seems this falls into several categories of cancer...

We are just finishing up our first round of chemo following recently published protocol from japan. My wife and i would love to connect with others...

3000 MILES. 8 Weeks. ONE cause. Hello everyone, my name is Navid Attayan from James Madison University and I am biking across the U.S. from...

Hi , My 3 yrs old daughter is diagnosed for B ALL . She has completed first phase of chemo and is in 2nd phase with remission. What is the...

Hello Everyone, This is my first post here. I'm hoping to find some support from other parents and patients :) My 11 yr old son has had...

My boyfriend's niece was just diagnosed with unilateral anaplastic Wilm's tumor. It's in one of her lungs and possibly lymph nodes, although the...

Hi I was wondering if someone could ease my mind. I have a 7yo son and the past few weeks he has not been himself. I feel like I live in the...

YOU: • Live near: Albuquerque, Chicago, Houston, LA, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle or the San Francisco Bay Area • 13-29 years old • Have been...

Has anyone ever questioned the premise that cancer is caused from a fault in the cell’s DNA? There has never been a challenging theory brought...

My son is 2 will be 3 in May. A little over a year ago he had a couple swollen cervical lymph nodes but had battled a couple of infections and been...

My name’s Megan and as a survivor of childhood cancer I have always had an interest in listening to other families stories. I am currently in year...

My 6 year old son was scheduled last week to have a tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy. However, the day of the surgery he broke out into unexplained red...

My brother was diagnosed this past week with relapsed alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. He is 12. He was diagnosed with ewing's sarcoma at 7. He went into...

Hello, I want to give an update on my daughter's journey. I took her to see her oncologist on Monday for what was going to be her pre meds to...

Hello, Latest update on my princess progress: Etoposite/Ifosfomide did not work. She had her lung surgery to remove the tumors and came back...

My three year old has been diagnosed with AML Luekamia on the 13 sep 2011. He is in remission now and on second round of chemo. The 1st round was...

Hello, I wanted to update on my daughter's journey...one that seams to have no end to it! She had 6 cycles of etoposide/ifosfamide and at the...

My name’s Megan and as a survivor of childhood cancer I have always had an interest in listening to other families stories. I am currently in year...

Hi, I'm just going to get straight into it. I discovered a tumor type thing.. close to my LEFT testicle in Dec 2010. (It's not attached to the...

Hello, I am a Hodgkins Lymphoma survivor (currently going on 5 years) currently pursuing a doctorate degree in clinical psychology. I am doing...

Hello, my names Calvin, i'm 14 years old and I am a male. About 1 week ago i notied that i have a little lump in the part of my ear where the ear...

Hi everyone I have joined in the hope of meeting people who understand what we are going through and hopefully to get some advice and surport. I...

My 14 year old has 2 enlarged, nonpainful, and fixed lymph nodes in her left groin region that have been there for over a month. They tried...

Hi, I just discovered a lump on my sons cheek near his ear about 5mm in diameter and movable. His next exam is in 2 weeks. Should I be worried?

Hi all, My name is Jill and I'm a Michigan resident. I wanted to inform all of you of a non-profit organization called "No Worries Now". "No...

I’m a two-time childhood cancer survivor (Ewing's Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma) and filmmaker who has now been in remission for almost TEN YEARS! ...

Ok here it goes, my niece was diagnosed with ALL when she was either 11 or 12, she was treated for two years with chemo. She was taken off treatment...

Hi. I use to get on this forum as a support tool when my mom was fighting her battle with pancreatic cancer. She now lives in heaven and this forum...

Hello, I wanted to share and update my daughter's progress in this journey that almost feels like it will never end. She finished treatment for...

Cancer Gene’s Role in Outcomes Prediction: A new study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators reveals that a gene signature may be useful...

My 8 year old has a lump underneath her left breast; if you can call it that. She doesn't have one under the other one, I'm assuming it isn't early...

Hi Everyone I have never posted on here before but really need some advice, our son Joshua is 10 years old and he has a lump on the left hand side...

Dear Friends, sorry for poor English, grammar and contents. I am a mother of 7 y.o. boy, who is now being treated in Russia for Anaplastic Large...

Hi, i'm only 13 but i have this lump in my left testicul sack its kind of small its about a pee size, maybe abit bigger... but it seems to move and...

Our 6YO boy was diagnosed on 10/27/10 with soft tissue sarcoma - a 15cm or so tumor/mass in his chest/abdomen area. Pushing on lungs/heart. so far,...

My 8 year old daughter, Rachael, has been battling a mixed germ cell germinoma brain cancer since the age of 5. She will be 9 in December. She has...

My grandson has had two surgeries and the diagnosis is pylomyxoid astrocytoma. It is apparently very aggresive and if not contained by radiation and...