Category Archives: Events
CCI International Conference October 23-26 2019 Lyon, France
Held in conjunction with 51st Congress of The International Society of Pediatric Oncology We are happy to announce that the annual Childhood Cancer International (CCI) conference is in Europe again, this time in Lyon, the 3 rd largest city in… Read more »
CCI Europe Regional Conference Prague, May 22-24, 2019
The 10th CCI Europe Regional Conference will take place from May 22-24, 2019 in Prague (Czech Republic). Since a jubilee is suitable for a premiere, the conference will be in partnership with the first edition of the SIOP Europe Annual… Read more »
CCI Annual International Conference in Kyoto, Japan
Conference Theme: Advancing Cure, Transforming Care 16 – 19 November, 2018, Kyoto, Japan (in conjunction with 50th Congress of The International Society of Paediatric Oncology) Dear Members, Survivors and Friends, We are happy to announce that after 5 years, the… Read more »
Personal Thoughts about Clinical Trials
Marisa Fasanelli, President of Peter Pan Association (Rome, Italy) In the past thirty years, paediatric oncology is unquestionably the branch of medicine that has achieved most success in terms of healing, especially in the field of leukaemia. Nevertheless, about 25%… Read more »
Inspiring video from a childhood cancer oncology ward
Two nurses at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital had a special idea. They created a video featuring their patients – something fun to look back on when cancer is hopefully just a memory. It is really an inspiring video and… Read more »
George H.W. Bush raised awareness of childhood cancer
In July George H.W. Bush shaved his head for Patrick, a two year old boy with cancer. Patrick is the sun of a secret service agent. A group of secret service agents shaved their heads to show solidarity with the… Read more »
The Snake in the Garden
by Pico Iyer, Pico Iyer’s 13 year old daughter was diagnosed with cancer. He wrote down his experiences what it means for parents who’s children undergoing treatment. Here you find the link to the blog: http://opinator.blogs.nytimes.com
Communication and Decision Making with Children and Families – a Parent’s Perspective
by Renate Pfeifer, SIOP conference London Talk given at the 44th SIOP conference in London, Joint Session: Symposium on Communication and Decision Making in Children and Families, Oct.8, 2012 Just a few words about myself: I am a mother of… Read more »
Communication under difficult circumstances
by Irina Ban, presentation held at the 2012 ICCCPO conference in London This article is about communication of parents of children with cancer from the Balkan region, which started in very difficult and unusual circumstances. The Balkan region is on… Read more »
Safer Medicine for Children
Gerlind Bode, ICCCPO advisor A new EU funded project, called EPOC, deals with the research of the drug doxorubicin to provide better understanding of the effects and side effects. Today’ treatment of children with cancer is standardized by national and… Read more »
