If we are able to reduce the use of toxic chemotherapies in children's cancers in the future, we can actually reduce the incidence of breast cancer. "Breast cancer is the most common subsequent malignant neoplasm among female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors. (1)"
We have over 500,000 childhood cancer survivors just in the US. We can help breast cancer by helping our children. Let's collaborate! Wear two ribbons (pink and gold) this month!
(1) https://t.co/AW0q3vYQC8
Day 30🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
For several years, during September, childhood cancer advocates held a Candlelight Vigil in front of the White House. With candles lit, tender voices sang Amazing Grace.
Won’t it be AMAZING when all children can receive their cure?
Day 29🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Ring the bell 🔔
Treatment is done!
But it’s nowhere near “over.”
The fatigue drags on.
The calls and cards fade.
The search for normalcy intensifies.
Hug a survivor.💛
They need it more than ever.💛
Day 28🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Annie Gould💛
Annie spoke at CureFest with an eloquent message, winning the hearts of all who listened. The most deadly childhood cancer, DIPG, took her a decade ago.
Remembering Annie, with love💛
@mubiruJohn23 “May her memory keep inspiring hope, compassion, and a greater commitment to finding a cure for childhood cancer.”
So beautiful written🎗️💛
So deeply felt🎗️💛
Day 27🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
That big ball of golden light is a symbol of the love we hold in our hearts for the most precious and fragile among us.
Children naturally shine a light of pure love.
We must do everything we can to end the #1 disease killing them.💛
Day 26🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
It’s the #1 disease killing children.
It doesn’t discriminate.
It destroys.
And so… it’s important to pay attention… to take action against its destructive path.
Priorities matter.
Children matter.
Let’s help them have a future.💛
Day 25🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Over a decade ago, childhood cancer advocates gathered at the Eisenhower Building next to the White House. Clearly, we were there to listen- not to ask questions. That first invite ignited a firestorm of action among all who were present!
Day 24🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
The Team🎗️
Doctors
Surgeons
Nurses
Child Life Specialists
Social Workers
Therapists
Volunteers
During childhood cancer treatment, “The Team” becomes family. How do families ever adequately thank these people who save lives daily? 💛
Day 23🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Childhood cancer affects the entire family. Kids fear losing their sibling. Watching their sibling suffer crushes their young hearts. They fade into the background as attention goes elsewhere.
They need all the love we can give them.💛
Day 22🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Once upon a time, a smart, articulate, outspoken 10 year old firecracker of a girl told Congress to “Stop talking and start doing.” Tragically, cancer took her a decade ago. But the huge impact of her brief life lives on.
#GabriellaMiller
Day 21🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Survival🎗️
Sometimes surviving childhood cancer means a loss somewhere else.
An arm
A leg
Vision
Hearing
PTSD
Tooth loss
Quality of life
Muscle mass
Infertility
Secondary cancers
More…💔
Day 20🎗️
#ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth
Gold is the color for childhood cancer… children are more precious than gold.
If we listen carefully, we CAN hear their voices.
If we open our hearts wide, we CAN feel their pain.
If we care, we CAN answer their cries with cures💛