than an hour from Galveston County up to downtown and
County up to downtown and
Sophia. All right, Andy, thank
you. More than 10,000 children
this year will be diagnosed
with cancer. And that is just
children under the age of 15.
Joining us this morning is
Doctor Michael winner,
executive director of
philanthropy with the Dave Camp
in group to talk about this David morning of.
David morning of.
>> I’m sorry, Doctor Wiener.
Good morning. How are you?
>> Good morning. Good to be
with you. Thanks for being
here. Can you start with some
of the big trends that you folks are seeing in pediatric
folks are seeing in pediatric
oncology?
>> Yes, it the pleasure to to
talk about that. I I do, but
things in historical
perspective, I have been a pediatric oncologist for more
pediatric oncologist for more
than 40 years. And when I began
my career virtually every job.
>> He was diagnosed with job and died today. Fortunately 60
and died today. Fortunately 60
to 70% of children regardless
of diagnosis, can be cured of
their illness. But that still
means that were in that meeting
for 5,000 children a year will
succumb to the disease. Some of
the positive trends
have been that the era
improvement started
chemotherapy game of Errebhie
are medications that are
directed against the cancerous cell. But they’ve also affect
cell. But they’ve also affect
normal body function. So you
would function as well. So one of the trends that we’re seeing
of the trends that we’re seeing
now is the era immunotherapy
of targeted gene therapy.
We Joe more specific for each specific cancer type is now
specific cancer type is now
being ushered in. And these
paradigms of care and
technologies have great
progress. And there’s they’re
being used in the clinical
setting. Now. And I should say that among the leaders
that among the leaders
nationally hospitals right in
your region. Texas Children’s
Hospital MD Anderson are at
the forefront. but this is an incredible change. And I’m one
incredible change. And I’m one
of the things that the David
Canter charities are doing is
that we are providing
much-needed funds that will go to support clinical care and
to support clinical care and
research that will allow these
new therapies to be Much
appropriately and more readily
for ball children. Not only
in Houston and Texas, but
across the country.
>> Doctor, tell me is staying on the topic of funding.
on the topic of funding.
How much funding but you say is
currently allocated for
pediatric oncology. >> The not think the the dollar
>> The not think the the dollar
amount is frankly a moving
target each funding nationally
comes from the national Cancer
Institute who was budget is at
the discretion of Congress help. It’s better to think of
help. It’s better to think of
it in
terms of a percentage of
allocated funds and those
dollars that go specifically to pediatric cancer research as
pediatric cancer research as
somewhere in the neighborhood
of 5 to 10% of the annual
budget. That’s not a lot of
money. So it really jobs as a private philanthropists and can
private philanthropists and can
get involved and do what we
can to try to offset the
financial shortcoming dollars.
Do make a difference.
>> You know, it’s just about
obviously getting those dollars
in and we know that. So some of the work that your group does.
the work that your group does.
Doctor, thanks for your time
today. Oh, sorry, we are out
of time. But the working folks
go for more information about
what the group does. >> Well, you can certainly go
>> Well, you can certainly go
to the website. Just go to Dave
Camp in and our side will come
up and please consider making a
donation. You’ll be helping
children in your area. Thank
you so much for having me this
morning.
>> Doctor Wiener, thank you again. And we have much more
again. And we have much more
information about pediatric