Childhood Cancer

Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a term that refers to cancers that start in the body’s lymphatic system, which includes lymph nodes/glands, thymus, spleen, tonsils, adenoids and bone marrow. While other types of cancer can spread to the lymphatic system; lymphoma always begins within the lymphatic system.

Latest Lymphoma grants

Kathy Fange Liu, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2024
Oriana Miltiadous, MD, Principal Investigator
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Reach Grants, Awarded 2024
Masataka Suzuki, PhD, Principal Investigator
Baylor College of Medicine
Innovation Grants, Awarded 2023

Latest Lymphoma blog posts

As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
When Lilly faced surgery after relapsing, her family made the decision to donate extra tumor tissue to research instead of throwing it away. 

“We hope that Lilly’s neuroblastoma tumor can be some small part of helping other children who... more
Every day, everywhere, children are diagnosed with cancer. Right now, children are in hospitals receiving frontline treatment following a diagnosis. Other children are beginning a clinical trial following a relapse. Still others face long-... more