Childhood Cancer

Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer that most commonly originates in the adrenal glands but can also develop in the nerve tissues in the neck, chest, abdomen or pelvis. It is the most common extracranial solid tumor cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy. Neuroblastoma is divided into three risk categories: low, intermediate and high risk. 

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Latest Neuroblastoma grants

Helen Xie
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
POST Program Grants, Awarded 2026
Joseph Oh
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
POST Program Grants, Awarded 2026
MiaSara Perez
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
POST Program Grants, Awarded 2026

Latest Neuroblastoma blog posts

When Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Founder Alex Scott was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 1997, doctors didn’t know her cancer was driven by ALK – a mutation that fuels the development of neuroblastoma cells. And even if they did... more
If you ask Cole Fitzgerald what it is like to face childhood cancer for a second time — fifteen years after his first rare cancer diagnosis — Cole will say in his Jersey accent: 

“It is what it is.”

And what it is this second time around... more
Chemotherapy has long been a part of the frontline treatment plan for kids battling high-risk neuroblastoma. But when neuroblastoma becomes chemotherapy resistant, doctors are left with a dwindling list of options for children, who are... more