Parent resources

The Child Cancer Foundation aims to provide up-to-date information for families. Below is a list of websites and brochures providing additional information, research documents and details about child cancer from around the world.

Brochures

Introduction to the Child Cancer Foundation
A guide for families... [read more]

Getting through it
Parents talk about life after their child has died of cancer...[read more]

When your brother or sister has cancer
A special guide for siblings...[read more]

Back to school
For students with cancer including guidelines for teachers...[read more]

Teacher resource
A guide for teachers fo children or young people with cancer...[read more]

Adolescent Cancer Survivor Impact Study
A study of the wellbeing of Adolscent Cancer Survivors in New Zealand. [read more]
 

Websites

Kidscope
www.kidscope.org
An organization which has been formed to help families and children better understand the effects of cancer and chemotherapy.

CancerCare, Inc.
www.cancercareinc.org

Chemo Kids
http://www.chemo4kids.com/cancer-resources/
This site offers simplified information about chemotherapy and its use to treat cancer.

Candlelighters
www.candlelighters.org/
The Candlelighters mission is to educate, support, serve, and advocate for families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer and professionals who care for them.

ACT
www.act.org.uk
The site of the Association for Children with life-threatening or terminal conditions and their families. This site is in the process of redevelopment and will include access to a web-based research journal called LitpaedpalLit.

International Confederation of Child Cancer Parent Organisations
www.icccpo.org

Action for Children and Youth in Aotearoa
www.acya.org.nz
This site has many excellent documents relating to areas of rights of children and youth.

Starbright
www.starbright.org
An organisation based in the USA and Canada which is dedicated to the creation of programmes to empower children and young people with chronic or life threatening illness.

CancerBACKUP
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
Contains very useful information.

Children's Cancer Fund of New York Medical College
www.childrenscancerfund.org
The site of the Children's Cancer Fund of New York Medical College, led by Dr. S. Jayabose, Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at New York Medical College.