The Childhood Cancer Blog
Welcome to The Childhood Cancer Blog
from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!
We wanted to dedicate this blog to all of our courageous childhood cancer heroes, especially the families of Declan Roberts and Genessa Mikolajski, who recently passed away. We send our heartfelt condolences to the families of Declan and Genessa as their children's courage inspires and motivates us to continue our mission of finding a cure for all types of childhood cancer.Declan Roberts passed away on... Read More
We often use the word “battle” in the context of our fight against childhood cancer, but we’ve waged a different kind of conflict in a new contest for schools – The Great Lemonade War. We’ve recruited award winning children’s book author Jacqueline Davies, who has authored a series of “lemonade” books – The Lemonade War, The Lemonade Crime and The... Read More
Check it out…the latest example that your support and our efforts to fund childhood cancer research is making a difference!Through a study partially funded by ALSF, researchers in California have developed a new model that will help scientists test and develop more effective therapies for medulloblastoma – a particularly aggressive form of a childhood brain tumor. Kids with medulloblastoma have a high survival rate, but the treatment itself can leave them with a significant risk of other disorders and mental impairments.ALSF Innovation Award grantee Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD of the... Read More
