Where Pediatric Cancer Research Becomes Cures

Children’s Oncology Group brings the best minds together, to give every child a chance at a healthy future.

COG IMPACT Invest in a Cure

When hospitals take part in COG studies, they become part of the movement that took childhood cancer survival from nearly incurable to

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  • What is a Clinical Trial?

    Clinical trials are research studies that test how well new medical approaches, such as drugs, treatments, or screening methods, work in people to improve care and quality of life. These studies are carefully designed and monitored to ensure safety and effectiveness, rely on voluntary participation, and are essential for turning scientific discoveries into real-world patient treatments.

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  • Patient & Family Resources

    COG has developed several comprehensive resources for patients and families to use throughout their cancer journey. These resources include the COG Family Handbook and the accompanying COG KidsCare App, which provide reliable information about treatment, support, and follow-up care for children and young people with cancer.

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At COG, we see a future where no child or adolescent dies of cancer and where survivors live healthy, fulfilling lives.

- Douglas Hawkins, MD, COG Group Chair

Project:EveryChild

Childhood cancers are rare and challenging to study. Project:EveryChild accelerates discovery by connecting data from children with cancer across COG’s global network, so more patients have a chance to be cured. As one of the largest repositories of biospecimens and clinical data in pediatric oncology, it helps researchers better understand each cancer’s biology and develop more targeted treatments.

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Invest in a Cure

When you donate to COG, you support a network of more than 13,500 researchers, clinicians, and specialists across over 220 institutions worldwide. This collaborative model moves discoveries from the lab into real-world care, improving how children and adolescents are treated at every stage of their journey.

Help Turn Findings Into Futures

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News

As the world’s largest pediatric cancer research network, COG drives breakthroughs in treatment and improves outcomes for children with cancer. Explore the latest news and stories from across our global community.

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Publications

COG produces peer-reviewed publications that report the results of COG research. These publications demonstrate COG’s value to the scientific community, advance the COG mission through the dissemination of research findings, and strengthen collaboration among COG members.

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National Clinical Trials Institute Network
National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program
National Cancer Institute Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network

From among the six National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network Groups and the seven NCI Community Oncology Research Program Research Bases, only the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) is devoted exclusively to pediatric and adolescent and young adult cancer research. COG conducts rigorously designed multi-center clinical treatment trials and symptom management, survivorship, and cancer care delivery studies. COG’s dedication to practice-changing research continues to advance the field and improve outcomes. COG also operates the NCI-supported Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN) which conducts early phase clinical trials to identify and evaluate new cancer treatments for children and adolescents.