The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
ALSF funded-researcher, Dr. Ted Johnson, shares his work at an ALSF research summit.
Brynn was just 3 years old when her brain tumor relapsed
After Brynn relapsed with a brain tumor and had her second brain surgery, her parents were told to enjoy the holidays. Brynn was just 3 years old. But Brynn’s mom, Jessica, remembered a trial parents were talking about in a Facebook group for ependymoma, the type of tumor that Brynn had.
“They just said to go and enjoy Christmas, but we were like, ‘Absolutely not,;” said Jessica, Brynn’s mom. The trial she heard about was for an immunotherapy drug, led by Dr. Ted Johnson, an Alex’s Lemoande Stand Foundation-funded... Read More
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
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