The Children's Cause for Cancer Advocacy (CCCA) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that works as a national catalyst to stimulate drug discovery and development for childhood cancers, to expand resources for research and treatment, and to address the needs and concerns of survivors.

Consumers, survivors, families, and friends serve as independent voices on national issues of importance to our community. With advice from leading medical, scientific, and public policy experts, CCCA works with policymakers to advance basic and clinical research, health care, and services for childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families. We train grassroots leaders to encourage research on childhood cancer with the appropriate patient protections and to promote quality care for patients and survivors.

We participate in dozens of national research and health care policy forums to ensure that policy outcomes take in account the needs of our children. We work with Congress to increase cancer research funding and to ensure more efficient ways of developing and evaluating new anti-cancer therapies for children. We work with the National Cancer Institute, Children's Oncology Group, Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, Food and Drug Administration, the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, the Cancer Leadership Council, the Institute of Medicine's National Cancer Policy Board, and many other national groups concerned with cancer. We urge you to become an informed and responsible advocate on behalf of children with cancer.