Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer

Neuroblastoma is a pediatric cancer that doctors have a difficult time identifying. This delay allows the cancer to progress into the advanced stages of the disease when the tumor cells begin to spread throughout the child's body to other organs. At this late stage of tumor development, it is a challenge to find the most effective treatment for this cancer. In addition, if children are diagnosed past the age of two years, the predicted outcome is poor and the current treatment strategies have proven to have little or no effect on the growth and spread of the cancer cells.