Children's Cancer Research Fund awards $10.5M to Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCancer Institute, 11 other research organizations
17 Mar 2021
Children's Cancer Research Fund awards $10.5M to Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCancer Institute, 11 other research organizations
The Children's Cancer Research Fund granted $10.5 million to support 12 U.S. research organizations focused on improving treatment and outcomes for childhood cancer patients, the organization said March 16.
Developing new pediatric cancer therapies for some of the most difficult to treat cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia, sarcomas and relapsed liver cancer, are the key focus areas of the supported research.
Researchers at the following healthcare organizations received support:
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago
Childhood Cancer & Leukemia International Consortium
Children's Cancer Therapy Development InstituteCancer Therapy Development Institute in Beaverton, Ore.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Oncology Group
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCancer Institute in Boston
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
University of California San Francisco
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center in Minneapolis
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