- Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the United States.
- Childhood cancers affect more potential patient-years of life than any other cancer except breast and lung cancer.
- The causes of most childhood cancers are unknown. At present, childhood cancer cannot be prevented.
- In the United States, the incidence of cancer among adolescents and young adults is increasing at a greater rate than any other age group, except those over 65 years of age.
- Despite all of these facts, childhood cancer research... Read More
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
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Meet one of our childhood cancer heroes, Dominic Miranda."Always fight, never give up." - Dominic MirandaDominic Miranda is a quiet boy, who prefers to show his compassion and strength by helping others. He also loves to play football so when his foot became swollen one summer weekend, it seemed reasonable to believe the doctors when they told him that it was a double fracture on two toes. Dominic’s foot appeared to... Read More
September is typically known as “Back to School” month, but it’s also National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. There are a variety of dedicated awareness months, weeks and days for a number of very important causes, but what constitutes making someone aware of something and having it actually mean something? For us here at Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation – one of our primary goals this month is to simply spread the word about the... Read More
