KIDS & CANCER:

CANCER KIDS
A web-based organization that provides an outlet for childern with cancer to tell their stories to the world.
Free website space Links

CAPTAIN CHEMO
Ben De Garis & The Royal Marsden Hospital
Animated, interactive adventures to help kids visualize cancer therapy in a game format.

CURESEARCH
This site represents the combined efforts of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Children’s Oncology Group
Information News & events Clinical trials Protocols

ONCOLINK
Abramson Cancer Center at The University of Pennsylvania
Disease-specific information Treatments Support

VIDEOS WITH ATTITUDE
Starbright Foundation
Free videos for teens about teens with cancer. MTV-style tackles problems and points to solutions. Both videos, each 15 minutes, serve up credible and entertaining advice from teens on coping with serious illness, doctors, nurses, hospitals, and on living life to the fullest--despite being sick.

FACULTY ARTICLES

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTIAN CHEMO
And Chemo Command
By Ben de Garis and The Royal Marsden Hospital
Review by Valen Watson

CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS:
A Practical Guide to Your Future
By Nancy Keene, Wendy Hobbie & Kathy Ruccione
Review by Valen Watson

CHILD'S PLAY: HELPING KIDS LIVE WITH CANCER
An Interview with Lauri Seamark
By Heather Pitre

HELPING KIDS LIVE WITH CANCER
An Interview with Joanne Borromeo
Child Life Specialist,
The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center

AN UPDATE ON CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA
A Discussion with Carole Hughes Hurvitz, M.D.

SELECTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIBRARY The following books and tapes can be ordered through your local bookstore. They are also part of the permanent collection at our Patient Resource Centers. To find the one nearest you, click here.
	Dear Bruno by Alice Trillin New Press ISBN: 156584057-7 In a series of frank and humorous letters, Alice shares her treatment 'war stories' with a child who has cancer. Age 6-12
	I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up, I Want To Go To Boise Surviving Childhood Cancer by Erma Bombeck Harper and Row ISBN: 006016170-1 Help for parents of children with cancer.
	The Jester Lost His Jingle by David Saltzman The Jester Co., Inc. ISBN: 0964456303 Fable about a jester who has lost his trademark jingle and his journey to understand why. Children 5-10
	Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way To Explain Death To Children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen Bantam Books ISBN: 055334402-1 Picture book for young children explains the natural cycle of life for all living things. Age 3-6
	They Never Want To Tell You by David J. Bearinson Harvard University Press ISBN: 067488370-5 Children talk about the best way for parents to help them deal with their cancer. Ages 8-15
	When Eric's Mom Fought Cancer by Judith Vigna Albert Witman & Co. ISBN: 080758883-0 Help for a parent in explaining their cancer to a child.
	Why Am I Going To The Hospital? by Claire Ciliotta & Carol Livingston ISBN: A helpful guide for young children about to be admitted to the hospital. Age 5-8