The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
For Katherine G. Tarlock, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital, becoming a physician scientist focused on pediatric leukemia was a perfect blend of helping children and their families, allowing the formation of deep relationships with them, alongside her love of research. For her, research is so intertwined with clinical practice; they complement and reinforce one another, allowing her to provide the best possible care for children with cancer.
During Dr. Tarlock’s pediatric oncology fellowship, she realized that she... Read More
In March, as the world locked down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lakelynn was rocketed into uncharted territory.
In February 2020, 7-year-old Lakelynn’s normal routine included monthly plane rides from her home in Raleigh to Boston for her clinical trial treatment for a rare, inoperable sarcoma in her arm.
Then, in March, as the world locked down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lakelynn’s routine had to change. Suddenly she was grounded in Raleigh, and while her Boston doctor made sure she could continue on the lifesaving clinical trial locally, the new hospital and new pandemic... Read More
When Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) founder Alex Scott had a treatment that made her feel better, after months and years of feeling sick while in treatment for neuroblastoma, an idea formed: the money raised with a lemonade stand could help doctors figure out how to make other kids feel better too.
That simple, but profound idea kicked off a movement to cure childhood cancer and in 2005, Alex’s front yard lemonade stand, became Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Today, ALSF has funded more than $150 million dollars in childhood cancer research, for a total of more than 1,... Read More
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