When I was sixteen, I decided that I wanted to be a pediatric oncologist because, like so many of you, I had encountered the heartbreak of journeying with family members with cancer. In my teenage wisdom, I wanted to dedicate my love of science and of community service to help children diagnosed with cancer, and after many years of training, I achieved that dream of being able to serve some of the 400,000 children and families whose lives are dramatically changed each year by a new cancer diagnosis... Read More
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
What does it take to cure childhood cancer? For the 24 new Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator grantees, the answer lies in pursuing innovative approaches to the pressing questions that could unlock new possibilities for kids with cancer.
This year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is supporting these early-career researchers as they pursue bold ideas that could lead to new ways of understanding, diagnosing, and treating... Read More
Childhood cancer took my best friend and brother, Josh, away from me way too soon. He was full of joy and life and always put others before himself, even on his hardest days. Josh was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at only 8 years old and went through countless rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. Both of our childhoods were spent in the hospital, but we were still able to make memories and find moments of happiness amongst all the pain.
Josh went into remission a couple of years after his initial... Read More
