Childhood Cancer Research
July 23, 2025
This page was reviewed under our medical and editorial policy by Janet Yoon, M.D., clinical professor, medical director of the Pediatric Musculoskeletal Tumor Program, Department of Pediatrics, City of Hope® Cancer Center Duarte.
At City of Hope, we take the advances made by researchers in our laboratories and turn them into lifesaving therapies for childhood cancer patients as quickly as possible. We offer access to numerous pediatric clinical trials and therapies that aren’t readily available elsewhere.
Our surgical, drug, supportive care and other trials are aimed at improving childhood cancer survival rate and enhancing quality of life.
Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that involve volunteer patients, with the goal of developing new, more effective childhood cancer treatments that save lives.
Past and current clinical trials have been available for several childhood cancer types, including:
- Childhood leukemia and lymphoma
- DIPG
- Ewing sarcoma
- Hepatoblastoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor
Browse through City of Hope’s clinical trials and research projects.
Patient Stories From Childhood Cancer Treatment at City of Hope
City of Hope patients have triumphed in a variety of ways. Viviana Bivian fought acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was 18. After navigating several rounds of chemotherapy, she received a pediatric stem cell transplant, and now she’s thriving as a graduate student studying film, graphic design, marketing and sports entertainment.
Then there’s Kaleb Warman, who received a diffuse tenosynovial giant cell tumor diagnosis when he was 16. He began medication therapy in 2023, and six months later, his tumor had disappeared and subsequent scans showed no evidence of disease.