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Other Organizations and Web Sites

Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Children's Oncology Group (COG)
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
New York Blood Center Placental Blood Program


For Kids

The Captain Chemo website- This is an interactive comic strip/game which also teaches children about cancer and treatment.

Brave Kids- The site has contest, games and stories. It also has a chat room and is in Spanish or English.

Bandaides and Blackboards- This is a website for children of all ages, but is divided into categories for children and teens. The focus is how to deal with medical problems of any kind and it contains helpful hints for parents, teachers and other professionals.

4YOUth List- This is an online support mailing list for young people (12-21) with cancer. They can be on or off treatment.

The Dreamsurfer Network- Links teens and local hospital with Web sites from throughout the world in an encouraging, confidential, counselor supervised setting. The site is open to all teens with life-threatening illnesses that are referred by a hospital or clinic and who complete the necessary application.

Webbugs-This site is for children, parents, siblings and friends. It discusses everything from school reentry, to late effects of treatment to stories from patients and their families.

KIDSAID- Offers a safe environment for kids to deal with grief through artwork, stories and peers.

The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation® (CCCF) was founded in 1970 by concerned parents of children with cancer.

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