Cancer Resources for Kids

Although adults are generally more susceptible to cancer, children can contract the disease too. When children are diagnosed with cancer, it is very difficult for parents to explain to them the consequences of the disease. It is important to educate children about cancer even if they are not suffering from it. With sufficient knowledge about cancer, children will be able to deal with the tragic consequences of the disease if their friends or loved ones become afflicted.

What is Cancer?

• Child and Youth Health: Basic information about cancer for kids

• Kids Health: Comprehensive description of cancer, including definition, causes, and treatment

• National Cancer Institute: Definition, origins, and statistics of cancer

Common Questions or FAQ

• Banner Health: Cancer facts and frequently asked questions

• Regional Cancer Centre: Commonly asked questions about cancer

• Natural Resources Defense Council: Questions and answers on childhood cancer

Children’s, Teen’s, and Adult’s Cancer

• Cancer Backup: Children’s cancer information center

• American Cancer Society: Helpful information on childhood cancer

• Cure Search: Information for those who have children suffering from cancer

• Teenage Cancer Trust: A website dedicated to helping teenagers deal with cancer

• Teens Health: Information about vaccine against genital warts and cervical cancer

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Information on cancer for both adults and children

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center: An extensive list of types of cancer that afflict adults

Dealing with Cancer

• Kids Cope: A website that provides support for kids and families that are trying to cope with cancer

• Cancer: Tips on how to prepare children for cancer medical procedures

• Children’s Cancer Research Fund: Treatment and therapies for children with cancer

• UPMC: What to do when a child is diagnosed with cancer

Educational Interactive Games

• National Institutes of Health: Interactive activities that help children learn more about cancer

• Better Health Channel: A fun and educational quiz on skin cancer

Camps for Kids with Cancer

• Ped-Onc Resource Center: A list of cancer kid camps in various states across the US

• Sunrise Day Camp: A dedicated day camp for children with cancer

• The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Information about kid cancer camps

Make-A-Wish Foundations for Children with Cancer

• Make-A-Wish Foundation: An organization that grants the wishes of kids with terminal illnesses

• Children’s Wish Foundation International: A place where unfortunate children can have their wishes fulfilled

Cancer Stories from Those Who Have Survived Cancer

• Cancer Guide: A website created by cancer survivor Steve Dunn to help cancer patients overcome their disease

• Children’s Cancer: Stories of children who survived cancer

• Cure Kids Cancer: Survivor stories of kids with cancer

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