Elevate's Building Bridges Blog



Welcome to the Blog!

Catch up with all of the exciting ways in which Elevatehas been leading the way to bring about collaboration, educating advocates & empowering all stakeholders to be more effective for those diagnosed with childhood cancer.
Elevate believes that in order to dramatically improve treatments for children diagnosed with cancer, we must bring together all of the key people and institutions involved. Each stakeholder (e.g. parent/patient/caregiver, oncology team, academic institutions, biotech, regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies) possesses unique strengths, but they also each face challenges in their role to bring about new therapies. Elevate also knows that this work can’t be done by the childhood cancer community alone; the childhood cancer community desperately needsallies to join us in this critical work.
Our team regularly posts stories here about amazingfundraising efforts, research, our Elevate kids, our Patient/Advocate/Caregiver workgroups, community champions, who are raising money for the organization, and more.
Elevate’s mission of saving & improving the lives of those diagnosed with childhood cancer requires daily & informed effort.
It’s an honor to do the work.
We hope you will stay tuned to see all of the incredible ways people are already coming together around our mission to save and improve the lives of those diagnosed with a childhood cancer and contribute your time, or financially, to expedite these efforts.
Robyn Spoon, CEO and Founder of Elevate
Latest Insights on Elevate's Building Bridges Blog
Rhabdoid Tumors: Understanding Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Impact During Kidney Cancer Awareness Month
"On November 26th, 2023, I took Paislee to the emergency room, where she was admitted for high levels of calcium. Two days later, while changing Paislee's diaper, I felt a hard lump on the lower right side (her left side) of her abdomen and called for help."...
R01 Grants and Wilms Tumor Research: A Decade of Setbacks and Why These Critical Funding Gaps Matter
Here’s the heartbreaking reality: Wilms tumor, the most common abdominal childhood cancer & most common tumor affecting the kidneys, hasn’t received an R01 grant in over 10 years. Every child deserves the best chance at a future, and research is how we get there....
Sharing The Experience: The Genetic Predisposition Clinic
"Ralphie’s nine-year-old sister was not identified as having a cancer predisposition syndrome until after she had been diagnosed with cancer, Wilms tumor, twice. By that time cancer filled her little body, displacing her liver, traveling throughout her abdomen,...
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Every single day, Elevate is making incremental progress towards improvements in treatments and therapies for those diagnosed with childhood cancer. We can do a lot but, with your help, we can do much more! Are you ready to make a positive impact for those diagnosed with childhood cancer?

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