FAPTP: Florida Association Of Pediatric Tumor Programs

For nearly three decades, the Florida Association of Pediatric Tumor Programs (FAPTP), Inc. has carried out its mission to ensure improved childhood cancer care in Florida. As its programs grow and mature, FAPTP continues to attract special recognition in state and national arenas. FAPTP began in 1970 as a coordinated statewide network of Children's Tumor Programs under the auspices of the Florida Regional Medical Program (FRMP). In 1973, the FRMP participants created a nonprofit corporation called the Florida Association of Pediatric Tumor Programs, Inc to unite Florida physicians interested and knowledgeable in pediatric oncology; promote the science and practice of the specialty; and maintain high standards of care and research.

FAPTP Projects and Activities Include:

• Pediatric Cancer Registry: Statewide Patient Information Reporting System (SPIRS): data system designed to register and follow-up data which are collected for each patient diagnosed and treated at a FAPTP center
• Florida Pediatric Community Clinical Oncology Program (FPCCOP): Enables community hospitals to provide the latest advances in cancer care to their pediatric oncology patients through participation in clinical trials
• Epidemiologic Research: Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS): collects data from member institutions to conduct epidemiologic studies, clinical trials, and cancer control protocols
• Educational Programs and Annual Seminar: A Resource for pediatric hematology/oncology concerns, including various cancers, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, HIV, and AIDS
• Assisting Governor's Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (C-CRAB) in development of pediatrics under the Florida Cancer Plan

Sites Include:

• All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg
• Baptist Children's Hospital, Miami
• Children's Hospital of SW Florida at Lee Memorial Health System, Ft Myers
• Children’s Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders at Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, Orlando
• Chris Evert Children’s Hospital at Broward General Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale
• Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at Memorial; Hollywood
• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando
• Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville
• Nemours Children's Clinic, Orlando
• Nemours Children's Clinic, at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, Pensacola
• Palm Beach Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Palms West Hospital, Loxahatchee
• St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa
• St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach
• Tampa Children's Hospital at St. Joseph's, Tampa
• UF & Shands, Gainesville
• University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami
• The University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa

On the Web: www.faptp.org

NCI: U10 CA35157