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KaCrole Higgins was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. “In May 2020, I found a lump in my breast. I cried. By June, it was diagnosed as breast cancer, triple positive, stage 1A. While getting this cancer diagnosis was devastating, it also became an opportunity. Suddenly, the cancer gave me clarity. It gave me clarity about what was important, what was good in my life, what was toxic in my life, and what I needed to do.” Click below to read more of KaCrole’s story

https://momentum.vicc.org/2022/04/cancer-gave-me-clarity/

If Landon Ryan had been diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma 10, 20 or 30 years ago, she might not be here today with nearly perfect vision.Thanks to recent improvements in the treatment for this rare form of cancer that almost exclusively affects children under the age of 5, the diagnosis had the power to change Landon’s life when she was 11 months old, but not to take it — or her eyesight. Click below to learn more about Landon and her story.

https://momentum.vicc.org/2022/04/brighter-outlook/
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Neuroblastoma Maintenance Therapy Trial

Multiple Cancer Types

Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, single agent, multicenter,
study for patients with neuroblastoma in remission. In this study subjects will receive 730
Days of oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 750 mg/m2 250 mg/m2 BID (strata 1,
2, 3, and 4) OR 2500 mg/m2 BID (stratum 1B) on each day of study. This study will focus on
the use of DFMO in high risk neuroblastoma patients that are in remission as a strategy to
prevent recurrence.
Endocrine, Neuroblastoma (Pediatrics), Neuroendocrine, Pediatrics
II
Pastakia, Devang
NCT02679144
VICCPED16157

REACH (Research, Education, Advocacy, Clinical Care and Health) for Survivorship Program: Long Term Effects for Survivors of Cancer

Multiple Cancer Types

Miscellaneous, Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED0710

Infectious Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Multiple Cancer Types

Miscellaneous, Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED14127

Ocular Tumor Tissue Acquisition to Study Biologic Correlates of Disease

Multiple Cancer Types

Pediatrics, Retinoblastoma (Pediatrics)
N/A
Daniels, Anthony
VICCPED16115

Developing Evidence-Based Criteria for Initiating Treatment for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Associated Optic Pathway Glioma

Multiple Cancer Types

Neuro-Oncology, Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED17108

Blood based biomarkers for minimal residual disease detection in Pediatric Sarcomas

Multiple Cancer Types

Pediatrics, Sarcoma
N/A
Borinstein, Scott
VICCPED2160

Expanded Access to Trametinib for a child with Plexiform Neurofibroma in NF1

Pediatrics

Pediatrics
N/A
Esbenshade, Adam
VICCPED2251

CAUSAL: Cohort to Augment the Understanding of Sarcoma Survivorship Across the Lifespan.

Multiple Cancer Types

Pediatrics, Sarcoma
N/A
Friedman, Debra
VICCPED2222