As you’re reading this, one Arizona family is receiving the devastating news that their child has cancer. This is what keeps us up at night, and we won’t slow down until the day when no family ever loses a child to cancer.  As Arizona’s largest pediatric cancer program, Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders treats most of the state’s young cancer patients. There, expert clinicians provide compassionate care to children and families from the moment of diagnosis to the completion of treatment and beyond, and trailblazing researchers are advancing the next generation of lifesaving therapies and technologies.

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2022, Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders treated more than 5,300 children, including 385 who were newly diagnosed with cancer.  

There were more than 180 open clinical studies at CCBD, including Phase I and II studies of medications to treat acute leukemias, solid tumors and lymphomas.

Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders was one of the first pediatric cancer programs in the nation approved to administer chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, a groundbreaking treatment that offers new hope for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In CAR-T cell therapy, a patient’s T cells—a type of immune system cell—are genetically modified so they will attack cancer cells

CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

So much progress has been made in the fight against childhood cancer over the last half-century, but there’s still so much work to be done—and they can’t do it alone. You are our partner in this fight. Join us this month during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month as we step up to stop cancer.

Each September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month shines a light on this devastating disease. The month is dedicated to raising awareness about pediatric cancer, honoring and supporting children and families affected by it, and raising funds for critical research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

When you join the fight against childhood cancer by making a gift to Phoenix Children’s, you are helping kids like our friend Nash who are battling for their lives this very minute—and you’re also helping future generations of children who will benefit from the research and innovation happening here.

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