Bringing together families affected by neuroblastoma from across the globe with those who work to treat, help, and support them.
Neuroblastoma Parent Global Symposium
The Neuroblastoma Global Parent Symposium (NPGS) is a free virtual event that provides support and information to families affected by neuroblastoma, bringing them together with researchers and medical professionals who work to treat and support them. Through insightful presentations delivered by world-leading experts, panel discussions and Q&As, where parents get the opportunity to put their questions directly to the experts, the NPGS aims to support, inform and empower families with the challenges they face. Each year, the symposium agenda is carefully curated by parents for parents, for a valuable live experience whilst adding to a rich video library of information resources for families affected by neuroblastoma.
The first NPGS event was held in 2020 as a virtual adaptation of the Parent Educational Conference, hosted by Solving Kids’ Cancer UK since 2012, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new format was more accessible, bringing together a much larger group of families affected by neuroblastoma and the wider community. Solving Kids' Cancer UK and Solving Kids' Cancer (US) work in partnership to deliver the event each, and were joined by the charity CNCF in 2020 and 2021.
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Video Library
Each year we record the event, and add to an expansive video library of resources for parents, families, researchers and healthcare professionals.
This video library covers a broad range of topics within neuroblastoma, including the basics of the disease, current approaches to treatment, cutting-edge areas of research, and psychosocial support.
If you’d like to explore talks on the following topics presented in previous NPGS events, visit our Video Library.
Impressive Experts
"This event highlighted how well connected the pediatric oncology world is. We are fortunate to have so many amazing experts around the globe searching for better treatments and cures for this devastating disease. Thank you for organising!"
Adam, Australia
NPGS Atendee
Phenomenal Resource
“One of the greatest benefits of attending these sessions is that we parents are gaining the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions about our kids and their treatment paths”
Spyros, Greece
NPGS Attendee
Outstanding Initiative
"It was a pleasure to be involved and I'm so pleased, and extremely impressed, at how well this has turned out and what an excellent symposium it was!"
Michelle Haber, PhD
Children's Cancer Institute, Australia
NPGS Speaker
THE ORGANISERS
Solving Kids’ Cancer UK is a parent-led charity, our vision is a future where no child dies of neuroblastoma or suffers due to its treatment. We provide emotional and practical support to families and our research focus is on clinical trials, seeking to explore new ways of treating neuroblastoma, providing hope
and options for children and their families now and in the future. www.solvingkidscancer.org.uk
Solving Kids' Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1135601), and in Scotland (SCO45094). It is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (7208646).
Solving Kids’ Cancer is not just our name, it’s our mission. We focus on aggressive childhood cancers with the lowest survival rates—because Every Kid Deserves to Grow Up. Solving Kids' Cancer (SKC) helps accelerate clinical trials of next-generation treatments for brain tumours, neuroblastoma, and sarcomas
by understanding of the global childhood cancer research landscape
and current unmet needs.
Solving Kids' Cancer is recognized as a registered public charity under
Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code. Federal ID: 20-8735688.