Research
Innovation Award 2025 from Fight Kids Cancer Awarded to Dr. Joshua Waterfall of the Institut Curie
Innovation Award 2025 from Fight Kids Cancer Awarded to Dr. Joshua Waterfall of the Institut Curie
On May 14, 2025, the founders of FIGHT KIDS CANCER, including our president Patricia Blanc, will award Dr. Joshua Waterfall the FIGHT KIDS CANCER & St. Baldrick Foundation Innovation Award. This award, amounting to an exceptional 1 million euros, will enable Joshua and his team to explore new ideas and fundamental questions in pediatric oncology […]Innovating Against Brain Cancers: Effective Therapies for a Better Quality of Life
Innovating Against Brain Cancers: Effective Therapies for a Better Quality of Life
Every year in March, the French Society of Neuroscience coordinates Brain Awareness Week in France. This international event, organized in about a hundred countries, aims to raise public awareness of the importance of brain research. It offers researchers the opportunity to share their advances in neuroscience and explain their implications for society. The second week […]In 2025, Imagine for Margo is funding 9 innovative research projects, selected by the SFCE, on childhood cancer
In 2025, Imagine for Margo is funding 9 innovative research projects, selected by the SFCE, on childhood cancer
On March 20 and 21, the French Society for the Fight Against Childhood and Adolescent Cancers and Leukemias (SFCE) held its first annual 2025 symposium in Paris. Over two days, numerous doctors and researchers presented their latest work. Among the notable advances, the conference highlighted new radiotherapy approaches to eradicate metastases, particularly intracerebral ones, discoveries […]What is leukemia ?
What is leukemia ?
Leukemia in children is similar to that in adults but may have particular features. Acute leukemia is a type of cancer characterized by the spread of cancer cells originating from stem cells in the bone marrow. These cells multiply uncontrollably, invade the bone marrow, enter the bloodstream, and can spread throughout the body. This proliferation […]10 years of fighting childhood cancer with Gustave Roussy
10 years of fighting childhood cancer with Gustave Roussy
On Thursday, September 12, 2024, we organized an evening dedicated to the 10th anniversary of our collaboration with Gustave Roussy to accelerate research against pediatric cancers. Researchers, pediatricians, donors, and volunteers gathered to celebrate 10 years of innovations benefiting children and adolescents with cancer. In total, over 9 million euros have been allocated by Imagine […]What is a nephroblastoma?
What is a nephroblastoma?
Nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms’ tumor, is the most common kidney cancer in children. It accounts for between 5% and 14% of all childhood cancers (1 case per 10,000 births, with nearly a hundred cases per year on average in France). Wilms’ tumor usually appears in children under 5 years old, but it can sometimes […]What is a rhabdomyosarcoma?
What is a rhabdomyosarcoma?
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue cancer (approximately 60%) in children and adolescents (5% of all pediatric solid tumors). However, it remains a rare cancer with about a hundred cases recorded in France per year. It occurs at all ages with a peak incidence between 2 and 5 years. RMS develops from skeletal […]Role of Calcium Conductances in the Development of Pediatric Sarcomas
