As researchers continue to move closer to cures for all children, there are still types of childhood cancer that continue to be incurable. In the spirit of Alex’s legacy, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has committed $18.5 million, the single, largest funding commitment from ASLF to date, to four game-changing, collaborative projects at 15 institutions in the United States and Europe. Funded through the Crazy 8 Initiative, these projects are taking on the most deadly childhood cancers with one singular focus:... Read More
The Childhood Cancer Blog
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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
One year ago, none of us expected what was to come. From lockdowns to masking to social distancing, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the entire world. For children battling childhood cancer and their families, one year in a pandemic has doubled the pressure and the uncertainty.
The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Childhood Cancer Blog covered the pandemic and its impact on children with cancer, research and fundraising advocacy efforts. Here’s a look back at the top stories from one year in a global pandemic:
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Hailing from all over the world, 90 researchers were invited to the first-ever ALSF Crazy 8 meeting in Philadelphia in September 2018.
Two years ago, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) launched the Crazy 8 Initiative, an innovative grant program designed to create roadmaps toward cures for specific, hard-to-treat childhood cancers. The initiative focuses on eight specific areas of research: embryonal brain cancers, high grade gliomas, fusion-positive sarcomas, fusion-negative sarcomas, leukemias, neuroblastoma, big data and catalyzing clinical trials.
Since the launch of the Crazy 8 Initiative, ALSF has worked to bring together the leading minds in childhood cancer research from around the world. Together,... Read More
