The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
“I want chocolate milk, IMMEDIATELY,” those were 4-year-old Sophia’s first words following a seven-hour surgery to remove a tumor on her kidney.
It is no surprise that little Sophia, who is now 8 years old and a survivor of Wilms’ tumor, the most common type of kidney cancer in children, describes herself as “one tough cookie.”
Wilms’ tumor typically presents itself as a painless swelling of the belly. In Sophia’s case, her pediatrician noticed it at her routine 4-year-old checkup. For other... Read More
Relapsed Pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has a notoriously low remission rate—but now, thanks to childhood cancer researchers and the FDA, there is more hope on the horizon.
In August 2017, the FDA approved CAR (Chimeric Antigen Receptor) T Cell immunotherapy as a treatment for certain types of ALL. This is the first gene therapy to achieve FDA approval in the United States and one of the few major breakthroughs and approvals for pediatric oncology in recent years.
Like other... Read More
Challenge your friends and family to a Halloween-themed Scavenger Hunt and help ALSF scare away childhood cancer, for good!
Monsters are scary, but childhood cancer is scarier. Childhood cancer is the number one cause of death by disease in children in the United States. During the month of October, over 20,000 children (nearly 700 a day!) will be affected by an initial or recurrent diagnosis of childhood cancer. Research is needed and it is needed NOW.
Together, we can change this scary fact and work together towards cures.
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