The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Dr. David Poplack, above, was honored with the first-ever Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Childhood Cancer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation’s Lemon Ball in January 2020.
The impact of childhood cancer around the world is immense.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2020, there will be over 300,000 new cases of cancer in children. However, the WHO also believes that this number is undercounted, due to many cases of childhood cancer that may go undiagnosed and a lack of comprehensive childhood cancer registries in some countries.
And for children in low-and middle-income countries, that diagnosis comes with a 20% survival rate, while... Read More
We are already going full swing into 2020—a new decade for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) and one that will be full of more childhood cancer breakthroughs. In 20 years, ALSF has grown from a front yard lemonade stand, started by founder Alex Scott, to a global movement to cure childhood cancer.
Just like Alex Scott believed at her first lemonade stand, ALSF still believes that we will cure childhood cancer! Here are five standout highlights from 2019:
1. One Thousand Projects
In 2019, ALSF funded more than... Read More
Alex, center, celebrating her 1st birthday with family.
Alex, center, celebrating her 4th birthday.
Today is my daughter Alex's birthday. If Alex were here, we'd be celebrating her 24th birthday.
I cannot pretend that these 16 years without Alex have not been painful. Every day without our daughter is marked with pain and grief mixed in with normal, joyous and extraordinary moments. Alex's story—her impactful life, her strong spirit, her wisdom and her belief that anyone, even a kid with a front yard lemonade stand, could make an impact in the fight against something as big and scary as childhood cancer—that is a story I am so glad I get to live.
Alex was always a... Read More
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