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Clear Cell Carcinoma

Clear cell carcinoma is a type of kidney cancer. This type of kidney cancer is extremely rare in children, accounting for approximately 2 percent of childhood kidney cancers.

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Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
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
How Tissue Donation is Helping Childhood Cancer Research
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
10 Facts You Need to Know about Childhood Cancer (2019 edition)
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
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