Cancer in Children, Teens, and Young Adults: What Every Parent Needs to Know

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Cancer in Children, Teens, and Young Adults: What Every Parent Needs to Know

Alexandria, VA-- The statistics are startling. One in 330 children will develop cancer by age 20, making cancer the number one disease killer of children living in the United States according to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) wants to help parents better understand this disease and its warning signs.

People Living With Cancer (www.plwc.org), ASCO’s consumer website, is hosting a Q&A forum throughout the month of July titled Cancer in Children, Teens, and Young Adults: What Every Parent Needs to Know. Nationally recognized cancer experts will answer parents’ questions on this important topic.

Parents wanting to know what signs to look for, where to go for help, and how to cope with a child’s diagnosis are invited to submit their questions and concerns to www.plwc.org July 1 - 21.

Meet the Experts
W. Archie Bleyer, MD, is a Medical Advisor for the Cancer Treatment Center at St. Charles Medical Center; Director for Aflac/CureSearch Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Research; and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Bleyer is also the immediate past Mosbacher Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Director of the M.D. Anderson Community Oncology Program. A former Chair of the Children’s Cancer Group (CCG), the world's largest pediatric cancer research organization, Dr. Bleyer has served on more than 20 national and international committees.

Gregory Reaman, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also a member of the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s National Medical Center, which he directed for 16 years. Dr. Reaman served as the first Chairman of the Children’s Oncology Group and is presently the Executive Vice President for Scientific and Medical Affairs of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) and a member of its Board of Trustees. In addition, Dr. Reaman serves on ASCO’s Board of Directors and is a past member of the American Cancer Society’s Board of Directors where he chaired the Society’s Task Force on Children and Cancer.

For additional information on this forum or to interview a childhood cancer expert please call Heather Goethe at 703-299-1016.

People Living With Cancer (www.plwc.org) is the patient website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. PLWC contains accurate, timely, and oncologist-approved information about nearly 100 types of cancer. Information on certain types of cancer is also available in Spanish. An Editorial Board comprised of more than 150 medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, oncology nurses, social workers, and patient advocates oversees the content on the site.
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