The Childhood Cancer Blog
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We're thrilled to share the news below that comes as we near the end of September and National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. You can read the details in the press release, but the third week of January 2013 has been deemed Teen Cancer Awareness Week thanks to the efforts of Senator Pat Toomey and Bob Menendez. Although we certainly include teens in our awareness efforts throughout September and the rest of the year, dedicating a week for this particular age group to join together to highlight the issues and needs specific to having cancer as a teen is fantastic. The more awareness the... Read More
Meet one of our childhood cancer heroes, Emily Siddell.Emily Siddell is an active, friendly little girl who is always happy and loves Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Scooby Doo and to make people laugh. If not for being completely bald had due to chemotherapy, you would never even know was “sick.” But Emily is battling Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a specific type of leukemia with the... Read More
Although a major focus of our actions during September, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, have to do with spreading the word about the devastating disease - we also think that it's important to report on the progress that your efforts are making possible on the childhood cancer research front. Check out the video below from one of our research grantees, Andrew Napper, PhD, of the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research.Dr. Napper's research is looking to develop new treatments for... Read More
