{"id":89,"date":"2019-08-03T19:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T23:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2021-03-10T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T18:08:01","slug":"duke-cancer-center-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/duke-cancer-center-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Cancer Center for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per Duke Pediatric Cancer, &#8220;Although pediatric cancers are less common than\u00a0 adult malignancies, the impact of cancer on children and their families is nothing short of devastating.\u00a0Over the past 40 years, cooperative research efforts (primarily through the Children\u2019s Oncology Group) have resulted in dramatic increases in cure rates for most pediatric cancers.\u00a0Nevertheless, substantial numbers of children with cancer still succumb to their disease, and even larger numbers of pediatric patients suffer significant long-term late effects because of the intensity of the therapies required to achieve cure. Research into the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying pediatric tumors is essential to develop novel therapeutic approaches that will yield higher rates of cure and fewer side effects.<\/p>\n<p>I humbly request that you follow my lead and give to this most worthy institution. I did and <a href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surety One, Inc.<\/a> matched. Check with your employer as it may be on a matching program as well! visit them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukecancerinstitute.org\/pediatric-cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Duke Pediatric Cancer, &#8220;Although pediatric cancers are less common than\u00a0 adult malignancies, the impact of cancer on children and their families is nothing short of devastating.\u00a0Over the past 40 years, cooperative research efforts (primarily through the Children\u2019s Oncology Group) have resulted in dramatic increases in cure rates for most pediatric cancers.\u00a0Nevertheless, substantial numbers of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/duke-cancer-center-for-kids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Duke Cancer Center for Kids&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,16,4,5,6,13],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-carlyle-poindexter","tag-charity","tag-constantin","tag-constantin-poindexter","tag-constantin-poindexter-salcedo","tag-surety-one"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer-300x175.jpg",300,175,true],"large":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer-1024x598.jpg",525,307,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"twentyseventeen-featured-image":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer.jpg",1280,747,false],"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":["https:\/\/constantinpoindexter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Infantile-Cancer-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"C. 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