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By Jay Scott
8/1/2014

This Friday, August 1, 2014 will mark 10 years since my daughter Alex lost her life to neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer, at just 8 years of age. At times, it is hard to believe that Alex has been gone for a decade, a time span that measures longer than the years in her life itself. There have been many moments, both throughout her life and in the subsequent years, when I have asked myself what did it all mean? Though I'm not sure I will ever know the true answer as to why my daughter, and 263,000 new children worldwide are faced with cancer each year, I'm getting closer to understanding just how important my daughter's life was, and how it continues to contribute to the survival of others.

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