Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
by Trish Adkins
It all starts with what seems to be normal pain and a bump.
To a parent, their child is just complaining about something painful on their arm, leg or pelvis. The pain worsens. The bump lingers. And after many visits to the doctor, a diagnosis is finally made—Ewing’s sarcoma, the second most common type of childhood bone cancer.
What appears on an MRI as a large tumor in... Read More
by Trish Adkins
ALSF-funded researcher (Innovation Grant 2009 and Epidemiology Grant 2013) Dr. Richard Aplenc of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is working to understand the underlying causes of cardiac dysfunction in children battling acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Five ALSF –funded POST Grant students have also worked on this research in the Aplenc Lab: Yang Ding, Alexandra Blumer, Joe Horowitz, Julianna Mann and Elizabeth Goodman.
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by Trish Adkins, ALSF
Every time you make a donation for a cup of Alex’s Lemonade, you are moving researchers closer to breakthroughs. Since our beginnings, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has been dedicated to funding innovative, cutting-edge childhood cancer research. With your support, we’ve funded over 690 research grants since 2005!
Here are five researchers that you are helping to make breakthroughs, one cup... Read More