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Santa Clarita Residents To Join Congressional Briefing And Summit On Pediatric Brain Cancer

A Congressional briefing is set for later this month for a resolution for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a brain cancer found in children, officials said Friday.     DIPG Advocacy Group’s long quest to attain acknowledgment from the US House of Representatives for the deadliest pediatric cancer, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is reaching a literal summit for pediatric brain cancer ...

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Santa Clarita Brain Cancer Advocates Continue Push For DIPG Research

Santa Clarita brain cancer advocates are back in Washington D.C. to fight for more research and funding for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) — the leader in cancer deaths among children. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. In 2016, House Resolution 69 was a DIPG awareness resolution written by parents and family ...

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California Senate Passes Bill To Recognize DIPG Day For Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness

The California Senate unanimously approved Senate Resolution 106 Thursday, a measure by Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, declaring May 17 as DIPG Day. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, commonly shortened to DIPG, is a malignant brain tumor that affects the brain stem. It is almost exclusively a ...

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Two DIPG Awareness Resolutions Set To Be Introduced To State, U.S. Legislatures

Two separate resolutions are set to be introduced Thursday to the California and U.S. legislatures in an effort to raise awareness for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a deadly pediatric brain cancer commonly known as DIPG. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. On Thursday, May 17, State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is ...

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Jack’s Angels – May 11, 2018

Host: Tori Topic: Jack’s Angels Guest: Janet Demeter Right Click Here To Download! Click Here To Listen! It’s brain cancer awareness month, and we would appreciate so much the opportunity to share something about it, our community’s leadership in the national movement now for DIPG Awareness Day May 17. Our local Vasquez High School is the only community group which helps to ...

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Powderpuff Football Game To Support Jack’s Angels

Vasquez High School students in Acton are preparing for their 6th Annual Powderpuff Football Game benefiting Jack’s Angels, a local charity dedicated to awareness and research for DIPG, the deadliest pediatric brain cancer, and advocacy for children with cancer Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Powderpuff Game began in 2013 with ...

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Jack’s Angels, Steve Knight Work To Create More Cancer Awareness

Jack’s Angels, a Santa Clarita-based childhood cancer awareness organization, is participating in the Golden Toast and Summit for the Childhood Cancer Caucus in Washington, D.C. next week. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Golden Toast celebrates those politicians and leaders which participate in the Childhood Cancer Caucus and help with the ...

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Knight Reintroduces Bill For Childhood Cancer Research

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Congressman Steve Knight, R-Santa Clarita, reintroduced a bipartisan bill to increase funding and attention for pediatric cancer, according to his office Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Knight and Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, reintroduced a resolution this week that would raise awareness and support research for a form of pediatric ...

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Jack’s Angels Foundation Hosts First Relay For Jack To Fund DIPG Research

The inaugural Relay for Jack, hosted at Vasquez Canyon Natural Area, raised money and awareness towards treatments for DIPG, the leading cause of death among pediatric cancer patients. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. A total of 38 runners of all ages traversed the multiple courses laid out for them. DIPG, otherwise ...

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Next Week Has Been Declared DIPG Awareness Week

Monday, May 25 through Sunday, May 31 has been declared DIPG Awareness Week by the State of California. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. DIPG, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is a pediatric brain tumor that is invariably terminal with no progress made to that effect in over 35 years of clinical record. DIPG ...

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