The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
The treatment for osteosarcoma, one of the most common types of pediatric sarcoma of the bone, has remained unchanged for 40 years.
And while conventional methods (chemotherapy, surgery and more chemotherapy) work for some children with osteosarcoma, the disease spreads from the primary site in the bone to the lungs. Once this happens, there is no standard of care and survival rates dip from 60% to 30%.
Families are left with limited options and experimental clinical trials.
The problem is the same with other types of childhood cancer — from neuroblastoma to... Read More
Edie was just 5 months old when she began experiencing stomach pain. Her parents knew something wasn’t right and after a series of tests, Edie was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. By the time she was 2 years old, Edie had been fighting neuroblastoma for over half her life and treatment wasn’t working.
Her cancer persisted. Out of options, Edie went to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Center of Excellence.
CHOP doctors tested Edie’s blood and found she was harboring a specific mutation called anaplastic lymphoma... Read More
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