Last year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) was able to award 118 new research grants, help more than 370 families travel to treatment and support siblings on the sideline while their brother or sister battled cancer. And all of this was made possible by the generous support of volunteers and donors everywhere who hosted over 14,000 events across the United States, laced up their shoes for The Million Mile, stopped by a lemonade stand during Lemonade Days, and... Read More
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is wrapping up another year of innovative pediatric oncology research. In 2024, ALSF was able to fund 118 new research grants. Grants are awarded to up-and-coming scientists, students in training to become researchers, and highly accomplished, late-career investigators with innovative products.
Dr. Jessica Tsai received an ‘A’ Award to study a mutation that drives the development of a deadline brain tumor called DIPG.... Read More
“When I met Dr. Dubois, that is when my life changed,” said Sonia. She began a new treatment, but then her cancer returned, again, this time in her big toe. Sonia began a new trial, one funded, in part, by ALSF, for a targeted drug used in combination with chemotherapy.
Madelyn was just 12 years old when she was diagnosed with childhood cancer
When Brynn relapsed with ependymoma, her family was told to simply enjoy the holidays.
When Jude was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at 9 months old, doctors said they had caught his cancer early
Ailani was 2 years old when she was diagnosed with leukemia that had a rare, hard-to-treat mutation.
Sonia was just 11 years old when she started coughing. The cough was relentless; worried their daughter had pneumonia, Sonia’s parents took her to the emergency room.
Sonia didn’t have pneumonia; but the scans revealed a more ominous reading: tumors in both of her lungs. Those tumors were metastasized Ewing sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, with only a 15-30% five-year survival rate when it is found in the lungs at diagnosis.
Sonia spent one month in the ICU, endured surgery after surgery, and chemotherapy. Treatment seemed to work, but then two years after her diagnosis,... Read More
