Children's Oncology Group

In 2009 the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation established a partnership with CureSearch For Children's Cancer and the Children's Oncology Group to continue the fight against pediatric cancer. November of 2009, the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation awarded $190,000 to CureSearch in order to complete the funding needed to conduct a long term follow-up study of pediatric cancer patients through CureSearch the Children's Oncology Group. The funding was part of a larger commitment by The Jeff Gordon Foundation to support pediatric cancer treatment and research.

This new multi-disciplinary research effort will enable the Children’s Oncology Group pediatric oncologists and member institutions to continue active follow-up of their patients long-term. Changes in therapies and increased numbers of long-term survivors mandate the need for ongoing studies that focus on outcomes research and quality of life and are not limited to a simple analysis of cure. This new collaboration joins expertise from a non-oncology field with the Children’s Oncology Group and thereby expands the pool of talented scientists working in cancer research areas and carry out joint research that would not be possible to be conducted expeditiously in the absence of these collaborators and this additional funding support.

CureSearch for Children's Cancer funds the lifesaving, collaborative research of the Children's Oncology Group, the world's largest, cooperative pediatric cancer research organization -- essentially a "cancer center without walls."

CureSearch manages a grant from the National Cancer Institute and distributes the funds - along with private philanthropic and non-governmental funds - to the more than 230 Children's Oncology Group member institutions in North America and around the world to support clinical trials. The Children's Oncology Group treats 90% of children with cancer in the United States, providing the unmatched combination of global expertise and local care.

The CureSearch mission is to fund and support collaborative research and to provide information and educational resources to all those affected by children's cancer. The Children's Oncology Group research has turned children's cancer from a virtually incurable disease 40 years ago to one with an overall cure rate of 78%. Their goal is a 100% cure rate.

For more information, please visit www.CureSearch.org and www.CureSearchWalk.org