Childhood Cancer Video created by Cong. McCaul and Cong. Van Hollen

Congressman McCaul and Congressman Van Hollen just released the following video in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Please note that the Creating Hope Act of 2011 press conference tentatively scheduled for 9/22 has been moved to 8:15 a.m. on 9/23 in Congressional Meeting Room South, which is one room over from the CVC Auditorium, where the Childhood Cancer Summit will be housed. It was felt that doing the press conference back to back with the Summit would generate more press interest in the bill and the event.

2nd Annual Childhood Cancer Summit

Please join Congressman Michael McCaul and
Congressman Chris Van Hollen

On behalf of
The Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus

2nd Annual Childhood Cancer Summit
Panel Discussion

Friday, September 23, 2011

Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) Auditorium
8:00 a.m. breakfast
9:00-10:00 a.m panel discussion


Please join us on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in the CVC Auditorium, for an important panel discussion on pediatric cancer drug development, including a message from actor Dennis Quaid. A breakfast will be offered from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

Cancer remains the number one cause of death by disease in children, with nearly 40 children diagnosed every day. While survival rates have significantly improved for some types of pediatric cancers, 2,300 children are lost to this disease every year. Furthermore, for those who survive their grueling battle, three out of every five suffer from debilitating and life-threatening conditions as a result of their disease and treatments.

Due to the unique nature of pediatric cancers, drug research and discovery lags behind that of adults. In fact, in the past twenty years, there has been only one new drug approved to treat pediatric cancer that was not already approved for adults. At the upcoming Summit, a distinguished panel of experts will discuss barriers to progress and policies to accelerate the development of safe, effective pediatric cancer drugs.

The panelists include:


Dr. Peter Adamson
Chair, Children’s Oncology Group

Dr. Ron Portman
Development Lead, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Bristol Myers Squibb and Chair of BIO’s Pediatric Drug Development Committee
Dr. Eugenie Kleinerman
Head, Division of Pediatrics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Nancy Goodman
Founder and Executive Director, Kids V Cancer




For more information about the Summit or to RSVP, please contact Andy Taylor (McCaul) at 202-225-2401 or andy.taylor@mail.house.gov.

Parent & Kids 5+ - Join Us for Dinner & Fun Night of Yoga!

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
6-8:30 pm
Life with Cancer Family Center
8411 Pennell Street
Fairfax, VA
RSVP Constance.connor@inova.org or dccandlelighters@gmail.com
Click to enlarge the flyer below:

2nd Annual CupcakeCamp DC Supports DC Candlelighters!

What: CupcakeCamp DC
When: Saturday, September 24, 2011 | 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Local 16 | 1602 U St NW, Washington DC
Who: Cupcake lovers!
What’s Next? RSVP pronto, this event sold out last year! Follow their blog for news and event updates

Read more @ DCEventJunkieSweet Event for a Sincere Cause

Removing Cancer from the Race

Removing Cancer from the Race

Check out this Connection News article. Infinity & Beyond's Sam Davenport visited DC Candlelighters last week, donating $5000 toward our financial assistance program. Sam is raising funds while biking the eastern US, and we were honored to be one of his chosen charities!

46 Mommas Shave for the Brave - DC!

DC Candlelighters would like to share this exciting event:

Save the Date!
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
5pm-9pm
Union Station, Washington, D.C.


46 Mommas

will be shaving their heads to help raise awareness of childhood cancer and raise funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to support childhood cancer research.



Join us for a powerful evening

to honor the children fighting cancer,

the survivors and those we have lost.




To learn more about the
46 Mommas and our mission, visit:
www.46mommas.com



To learn more about the

St. Baldrick's Foundation, visit:

www.StBaldricks.org

For more information or questions, please e-mail info@46mommas.com

Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

A difficult-to-treat form of childhood leukemia relies on changes in the structure of DNA – so-called epigenetic changes – to wreak genomic havoc within white blood cells, according to one of two studies conducted by a research team at Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.