Children's Oncology Group

The member institutions have multidisciplinary teams consisting of physicians, research scientists, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists and other specialists.

More than 90% of 13,500 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States are cared for at COG member institutions.

Central nervous system (brain) tumors are the second most common form of childhood cancer.

The large multi-site structure of COG also allows it to conduct research into very rare childhood cancer including retinoblastoma, hepatoblastoma, and other tumors.

[2] In addition to disease specific research, COG conducts studies in developmental therapeutics (new cancer drug development), supportive care, epidemiology, stem cell transplantation, behavioral sciences and survivorship.