The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
What if there's a better way to detect childhood cancer? A new way to outsmart a tumor? A treatment approach scientists haven't explored before?
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has funded 12 Innovation Grants to help researchers pursue bold ideas that could change the future of childhood cancer. These two-year-long projects will explore big questions in childhood cancer, challenge conventional thinking, and pursue discoveries that could lead to the next big breakthroughs for children with cancer. ALSF has funded nearly 290 Innovation grants since 2006.
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Childhood cancer awareness means that there is so much HOPE for the future! But, it also means that there is so much more that needs to be done because I want to live in a world where ALL childhood cancer patients become childhood cancer SURVIVORS!
When awareness is brought to childhood cancer, it means a few things:
More individuals become aware of the facts, statistics, and research surrounding childhood cancer. The more that individuals become aware, the more that they can support research and also spread awareness for childhood cancer.
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Childhood cancer awareness means remembering that behind every diagnosis is a child who still wants to be a kid.
For me, that became real when I was just ten years old and diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Before cancer, my life was filled with ballet, school and playing with my little sister Georgia. One November morning everything changed. My school and ballet studio were replaced by oncology rooms and clinic visits. My teachers were replaced with doctors, and my dance partner became an IV... Read More
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