Ellie Waters visits with us from the UK to give us an update on her progress, cancer-free, and also gives a clear picture of the realities of teen life, having survived cancer. Team Ellie’s blog is prolific and her helpful influence on other children and teens is significant. Ellie speaks…
Dear Friends, As we write, Alliance advocates around the country are working on the next crucial step to enacting legislation recently signed into law. As many of you may well know. the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008, though signed into law, never had it allocations respected,…
Chase Jones is a survivor of childhood brain cancer, founder of Vs. Cancer Foundation, and is organizing community leadership around the country for the September 21 Biden Cancer Summit. He discusses his own experience with brain cancer at 18 and its personal ramifications, including survivor guilt and how he overcame…
Tamlin Hall and her mum Kerrilee visit with us to share Tamlin’s story of surviving BPDCN, and the new network of hope and support that has grown from their experience with this rare but deadly disease. Tamlin’s writing, at 14, shows subtlety and power beyond her years, but more importantly…
Kristen Gillette, Executive Director of the Kortney Rose Foundation in Oceanport, NJ, joins us to discuss the abrupt loss of her daughter Kortney in 2006 to a deadly brain tumor and the change of the landscape of childhood cancer research since then. Joining us in Segment II is Eric Montgomery,…
Emma Wrenn joins us from the UK to discuss her new book about the life of her brave daughter Keira, who was one of a handful of children who pioneered the CED modality of treatment for DIPG in the care of Dr. Steven Gill at University of Bristol. Diffuse intrinsic…
