Ped-Onc Resource Center

Welcome to the Ped-Onc Resource Center, a web site for parents, friends, and families of children who have or had childhood cancer. This resource center was created by and for people who know young people who are recovering from cancer. Most of the contributors to this site are members of the ACOR pediatric cancer mailing lists, especially ped-onc, ped-onc-survivors, and ALL-kids.

Family Support

• emotional & psychological support, e-mail list information
• financial helps, kids and teens, summer camps, wish organizations
• on- and off-treatment education issues, more

Information on Cancers

• leukemia, neuroblastoma, brain cancers, lymphomas, Wilms', bone cancers, germ cell tumors, rhabdomyosarcoma, retinoblastoma, other types
• signs of childhood cancers
• causes of childhood cancers
• more

Treatment Issues

• procedures and tests, controlling pain, mediports, diagnostic scans
• clinical trial information
• blood counts, mouth care, sore bottoms
• chemotherapy and radiation
• bone marrow/stem cell transplants
• complementary and alternative medicine
• more

Survivorship Issues

• late effects of treatment for childhood cancer, cognitive late effects, survivors clinics

Grief

• preparing for the death of a child, planning funerals & memorials, grief links

Get Involved

• ways to get involved in childhood cancer advocacy, how to help
• list of childhood cancer interest groups
• stats on childhood cancers

Links to Helpful Sites and Journal Searches

• annotated links to comprehensive web sites on childhood cancer, links to journal searches

Resources (Lists)

• books, support organizations, videos and computer games, hats and wigs, scholarships, more