The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Nearly 5,000 children will be diagnosed with a brain tumor in the United States this year. For those children, the prognosis and treatments will vary, but one thing is certain: their regular childhoods will be interrupted as they fight for a cure. That fight will include hospital stays and missed days of school. It will also include something else: hope.
Because while pediatric brain tumors happen, so does research.
Here are the facts you need to know about pediatric brain tumors and how you can help kids:
1. Brain tumors are the deadliest form of childhood... Read More
Jamie and Caitlin don’t know each other; but they share a journey. Both women lost their sisters to childhood cancer. They are also both Ambassadors for the SuperSibs program which is dedicated to comforting, encouraging and empowering siblings of children with cancer, so they can face the future with courage and hope. Ambassadors add their own voice and experiences to the fight and helps raise awareness about curing childhood cancer.
Not only is this empowering and cathartic for the... Read More
“As a sibling of a cancer patient, it’s been really rewarding to be able to continue to help my sister touch people’s lives even after she’s gone,” says Mallory, who was a senior in high school when her sister, Kelly, died from osteosarcoma. Mallory dedicated her basketball season to fundraising for ALSF—and raised $40,000. She went on to college and continued fundraising through her athletics.
“I somewhat accidentally ended up raising almost $40,000,” Mallory humbly admits as she reflects back on her senior year of high school. “My community was definitely grieving the loss of my sister, and we had built up a large community over the two years that she was undergoing treatment,” she explains.
Mallory was just starting her senior year of high school when she lost her sister, Kelly, to osteosarcoma. Mallory knew she wanted to honor her sister’s memory and decided to put her athletic skills to the test with a basketball fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF... Read More
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