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Izzy’s Cut for Cancer Cure

Isabel is cutting her hair to raise money for children like her best friend Violet.
Give a Gift Christmas Appeal

Gift an Activity Pack to a child with neuroblastoma this Christmas and help support cancer research at the same time.
Artist generously supports Neuroblastoma Australia

Artist Craig Waddell has created a frangipani inspired work of art for Neuroblastoma Australia and we are delighted to announce a limited edition tote bag is being created from this stunning piece.
Charity 12 Days of Christmas Auction

Place your bid in our charity auction on one of our amazing high quality gift sets ranging from a Vuly trampoline to a tea lovers dream! Support Neuroblastoma Australia's mission today.

Dr Steve DuBois

Dr. DuBois is director of experimental therapeutics at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. He is a pediatric oncologist with an active clinical and translational research program focused on patients with advanced neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma. He conducts phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of novel targeted agents. His clinical practice focuses on providing outstanding team-based care for children and young adults with solid cancers.
Associate Professor Juliet Gray

Dr. Juliet Gray is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Oncology at the Cancer Immunology Centre, University of Southampton. She leads a translational research group focused on novel antibody immunotherapies for neuroblastoma, including preclinical evaluation of novel combinational therapies as well as early phase clinical trials.
Sarah White

Sarah is a paediatric Occupational Therapist and is passionate about working with children and families. Sarah brings 20 years experience working in private, not for profit and government health roles specifically in childhood disability and mental health. Since her daughter Isabella was diagnosed with Stage 3 Neuroblastoma in 2011, Sarah has been actively involved in creating awareness and fundraising for Neuroblastoma research.
Isabella Mannix

Isabella has a background in Marketing and Sales, with twenty years’ experience working in a variety of senior roles within the Financial Services sector and more recently the Health sector. After her daughter Georgia was diagnosed with Stage 1 Neuroblastoma in 2012, Isabella and her family have supported various childrens’ cancer charities – including the Childrens’ Cancer Institute, the Kids Cancer Project, Redkite and Neuroblastoma Australia.
Sarah Jones

Passionate about working with children, Sarah is a mum of three with a teaching qualification, who is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Special Education. Sarah has experience in the not-for-profit sector, having worked for many years at The Starlight Children’s Foundation helping to develop in-hospital entertainment programs for seriously ill children. Sarah has been involved with fundraising for research into Neuroblastoma for over 5 years.
Our Scientific Advisory Board
Dr Louise Causer

Louise is a medical epidemiologist and lecturer currently based at The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia and has worked internationally both in clinical and research settings across a number of fields. Having trained and working in a highly academic setting for the past decade, Louise has direct experience and key insight into the research setting in Australia and internationally.
Jane Price

Jane Price holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. She is a small business owner, running her own immigration consultancy business, which she has grown in a few short years into a thriving practice with a couple of employees. Jane is lucky enough to have a “pigeon-pair” of children (aged 11 & 14) and was also privileged to know Sienna Hoffman.
Rochelle Yates

Rochelle is a mother of two, and Chairman of a global logistics company where she specialises in marketing. Rochelle's career includes vast experience in events and promotions and she has brought this skill to help coordinate numerous fundraising events and activities for Neuroblastoma Australia.
Professor Andy Pearson

Prof Andy Pearson is formerly a Cancer Research UK Professor of Paediatric Oncology, at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust. During a long and distinguished career, he helped establish and led many key groups in the paediatric oncology landscape both nationally and internationally.

Give a Gift Christmas Appeal

Gift an Activity Pack to a child with neuroblastoma this Christmas and help support cancer research at the same time.
Run2Cure Domain 2021

Run2Cure Domain 2021 will take place on Sunday 30th May 2021. Enjoy a wonderful day of fun runs and family entertainment and support research into a cure for the children's cancer neuroblastoma.
Accessibility

Neuroblastoma Australia is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. Our website endeavours to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
Kahlilla's Story #14km

Little Lilla's light continues to shine. Always and forever.
What is neuroblastoma?

Neuroblastomas are cancers that start in early nerve cells (called neuroblasts) of the sympathetic nervous system. This means that tumours can be found anywhere along this system; most commonly (about 50%) start in the adrenal glands (above the kidney), or near the spine, chest, neck or pelvis.
Detection, diagnosis & staging

Most symptoms of neuroblastoma are caused by the growth of the cancer into nearby tissues or organs, or its spread to distant parts of the body such as bones or bone marrow.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Share our hope for a cure for ALL types of neuroblastoma during September. More children under five die from neuroblastoma than from any other childhood cancer.
Summer's Story #34

Summer battled for 15 months and gained her wings 22 December 2018. Very loved and missed by her family especially her three brothers
Two research grants awarded

Today we announced funding grants to two ground breaking research projects which we hope will take us a step close to finding a cure for the rare and deadly children’s cancer neuroblastoma.
Adam's Story #39

Adam, a little boy starting out in life who was diagnosed with a cruel and vicious disease, that no treatment could eradicate. We must do better for our children.