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Summer Getaways: Cancer Camp

Still wondering how you’ll spend your summer vacation? Consider a kid’s cancer camp.

offer and their families a great opportunity to have some fun away from the dreary routine of hospital visits. Plus, kids and their parents get to spend some with others who truly understand what it’s like to live with the disease.

Medical professionals are on hand to help cancer campers with any health issues that may arise during the outdoor festivities and older often return to give hope and encouragement to those just beginning their cancer journey.

The camps are also perfect destination spots for health care professionals, researchers, students, teachers, and in search of vacations—they’re located all around the US and Canada, as well as overseas, so opportunities abound. What a wonderful way for scientists to recharge after a long winter in the lab!

If you’d like to find out more about cancer/oncology camps here and abroad, check out:

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