Step UP! Action and Awareness with Neal Rourke and Jesse Robinson

CCTR talks with Neal Rourke and Jesse Robinson about the Childhood cancer Awareness Movement and the upcoming September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  Lighting, “Going Gold”, the Maggie Project, and Tyler Robinson Foundations’s Project CANCO are featured.  CANCO is a bike ride planned to begin Sept. 1 from Niagra Falls, Canada…

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Biden should take a note from the ‘original moonshot’ — focus on just one cancer

If we find effective ways to treat these children, we will have solved one of the most challenging and lethal cancers. Those findings could apply to other difficult cancers and could have a large impact on the field.” Taken from “STAT News” https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/30/cure-one-cancer-dipg-way-cure/ By ANIL ADYANTHAYA @AnilAdyanthaya JUNE 30, 2016 The…

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Driven Change from the Road!

Today’s show features Ronnie Duvall, “Driven Change” on facebook, one who truly walks the talk of his values.  Ronnie gave up his job and home to drive all 50 states in his quest for greater knowledge in how to create an organization which will truly address the needs of children…

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Creating HOPE: Nancy Goodman

CCTR interviews foremost advocate for children with cancer, lawyer, and mom to Jacob, forever 10, 2009, Nancy Goodman.  Nancy brings us news of the RACE for Children Act, a reform of the Pediatric Cancer Research Equity Act or PREA which she champions, and it’s to go to both House and…

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Melinda Marchiano: Author, Dancer, Advocate for Children with Cancer

CCTR welcomes Melinda Marchiano, a recent graduate of Pepperdine University and cancer survivor, and ambassador for ccThrive.org.  Melinda is the host of The Truth 365 recent childhood cancer documentary release and has toured and continues to tour extensively, speaking at hospitals and events and spending precious time with children afflicted…

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VP Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Summit 6/29

For Immediate Release Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Regional Summit—LA at The Master’s College 6/29 Monday, June 20, 2016 Santa Clarita, CA—On May 25 2016, Vice President Biden announced the first-ever Cancer Moonshot Summit to take place on Wednesday, June 29th, including conversations in communities across the United States. These…

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CCTR 6-16, “Ride for DIPG”

Childhood Cancer Talk Radio interviews Jesse Shumaker, founder of The Cure Starts Now Nebraska Chapter upon the loss of his 8 year old daughter Madelyn, who was afflicted with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).   The Cure Starts Now is non-profit charitable organization dedicated to funding DIPG research, raising well…

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Today! 6-11 #AngelsStadium #KatherineTheBrave #HRes586

June 11, 2016 Los Angeles CA–This Afternoon the Angel Runner hits the pavement of Anaheim to arrive at Angel’s Stadium at approximately 3pm.  She’ll circle three times in memory of Katie King, aka Katherine the Brave, a little 7-yr old girl from Placentia who succumbed to DIPG on 6/6/2016 around 7:30pm in her…

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Long Live Katherine the Brave

#KatherinetheBrave  #runforDIPG  #HRes586  #LosAngeles For immediate release June 7, 2016 Los Angeles CA–Today the Angel Runner hits the pavement of downtown Los Angeles in memory of Katie King, aka Katherine the Brave, a little 7-yr old girl from Placentia who, sadly, succumbed to DIPG last evening 6/6/2016 around 7:30pm in…

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Relay for Jack: Local Communities come together in support of National DIPG Awareness Week

For immediate release Relay for Jack: Local Communities come together in support of National DIPG Awareness Week May 24, 2016, Santa Clarita, CA—HRes586 was introduced to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on January 13, 2016, by Congressman Steve Knight (R-CA-25) the day after the Moonshot Initiative was…

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