The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
My name is Chris Ramirez, and I’m a three-time cancer survivor. When I was 17, I was diagnosed with a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma and was given less than two months to live. Today, I’m 33 and healthy.
It all began in 2009 during the second semester of my senior year of high school when I started getting severe headaches. At the time, I was a star baseball player, captain of the team, with college scouts looking at me to go pro. It wasn’t until I had a stroke that my life turned upside down and I received a diagnosis.
I began treatment at UCSF with an amazing... Read More
In 2011, when our son Declan was just 3 years old, he was diagnosed with primary central nervous system (CNS) rhabdomyosarcoma. “Rhabdo,” is a rare and aggressive cancer that typically develops in the soft tissue of the body, like the muscles. But for Declan, the tumor grew in CNS. The tumors were diffuse — as if a dirty cancer bomb had exploded, leaving shrapnel all along his spine, wrapped tight at his brain stem and lumbar spine. Surgery to remove the entire tumor was not possible and high dose radiation... Read More
Kingsley and his family are so grateful for every year he celebrates cancer-free.
When Sylvia was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, the future felt uncertain.
Arden was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when she was only 1 year old.
Every family facing a cancer diagnosis dreams of the end of treatment and beginning of survivorship. Today, nearly 85% of children reach the 5-year cancer-free milestone.
Survivorship can look different for everyone. Many kids continue to struggle with long-term side effects from treatment, which is why the fight for safer, less toxic treatments continues.
We're celebrating all heroes who give hope to the next generation. Here are three childhood cancer survivors who inspire us to keep going.
1. Arden ... Read More
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