The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
13-year old Maya Rigler (above with her family at Alex’s “Original” Lemonade Stand) has fought two different types of childhood cancer and managed to raise enough money for over 8,000 hours of childhood cancer research. And she is not stopping—not until there are cures for all children.
by Maya Rigler, Childhood Cancer Hero
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Although I never met Alex, her story has always impacted me. We both fought cancer and were even treated at the same hospital with some of the same doctors. Her home is just a few miles away, and she’s been a hero of mine for as long as I can remember.
Just before my second birthday, my doctor discovered a mass in my stomach. I found out I had a type of cancer called... Read More
by Trish Adkins
ALSF-funded researcher (Innovation Grant 2009 and Epidemiology Grant 2013) Dr. Richard Aplenc of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is working to understand the underlying causes of cardiac dysfunction in children battling acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Five ALSF –funded POST Grant students have also worked on this research in the Aplenc Lab: Yang Ding, Alexandra Blumer, Joe Horowitz, Julianna Mann and Elizabeth Goodman.
In... Read More
Editor’s note: Previously, we shared Part 1 of Arnav’s story. If you missed that installment, read it here.
“Dad, so you’re telling me I beat half the nation’s best on a half-broken leg.”
Arnav was riding home from the doctor after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the most common type of childhood bone cancer. The cancer was in his left leg.
Arnav, as always, had what his father, Nitin, calls “... Read More
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