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Research and impact

Focused on making every donation count.

PCF measures impact through scientific progress: experiments completed, collaborations formed, clinical trials advanced and new funding unlocked.

PCF has contributed more than $25 million since 1970.

These grants support scientific work at leading institutions. Progress across pediatric oncology reflects the work of many researchers, funders and care teams.

Measurable impact

More than five decades of progress.

55+

years supporting pediatric cancer research since 1970

$25M+

distributed to doctors and researchers

PCF has been instrumental in raising the survival rate from 58% in 1970 to over 80% today.

Research Made Possible by Your Support

What the Doctors Say

  • We are deeply indebted to PCF for more than 10 years of generous support, which has allowed us to offer new therapies and genomic technologies to children in need.”
    — Jennifer A. Oberg, EdD, MA, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Because of PCF funding, we can now translate our FLT3 CAR T-cell immunotherapy from promising lab results to the clinic — a significant potential breakthrough for high-risk childhood leukemias.”
    — Sarah K. Tasian, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • PCF support has allowed us to offer novel therapies to children with relapsed cancer, begin ground-breaking trials for inoperable brain tumors, and examine the immune micro-environment of pediatric solid tumors.”
    — Dr. Stergios Zacharoulis, MD, FAAP, Columbia University Medical Center
PCF Funded Projects

From Idea to Evidence

Targeted funding supports research that can transform how childhood cancer is understood and treated.

From Evidence to Trial

PCF funds the translational steps required to prepare promising therapies for early clinical testing.

From Trial to Progress

Advancing promising research; bringing new possibilities to more children.

The next step starts here

Together, we can move research forward.

Meet the researchers