Kids-of-Ukraine, Stories of Children with Cancer

Khrystyna, two years old At the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, Khrystyna was in a village in the Vinnytsia region, where she was born. In June, her mother noticed the girl became weak, stopped standing on her feet, and started losing her orientation in space. They received a referral…

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Lorraine Tallman with Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels in Phoenix, AZ

Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels, a finalist for the 2022 Greater Phoenix Chamber’s Impact Awards, is hosting its 10th Annual “Night of Hope” Gala on September 24, 2022. Lorraine Tallman CEO joins us to share the story of her daughter, the inspiration for the foundation.  During her three-year fight with leukemia…

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Part II: Living with DMG, Xavier’s Story with Philip Tan

This podcast is a continuation of our March 3 show, “Living with DMG: Scientist Father Philip Tan blazes a Trail for Xavier“, where Xavier’s father Philip gave us and extensive window into the life of his family and how it had changed since the diagnosis of a deadly brain tumor. …

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Tracy Ryan: Saving Sophie, Helping Find Real Cures for Kids with NKORE

When Tracy and Josh Ryan’s daughter Sophie was diagnosed with a low-grade brain tumor at just 8 ½ months old, they knew they had to take action. Their wellness journey began when Tracy’s family became a featured family in the Ricki Lake produced Netflix documentary, Weed the People. This led…

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Meet Anne Beatty: Survivor, Advocate, Teacher.

Meet Anne Beatty from Prattville, Alabama. She retired in December 2019 after teaching for almost 24 years. Sadly, complications from a brain tumor–physical, and social–made retirement unavoidable. Her brain tumor journey began July 4, 2018; she had open heart surgery in February 2018 for a previously undetected congenital heart condition.…

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Defying the Odds: Anjalie’s Miraculous Journey

Anjalie Bartee was a normal, healthy 17-year-old, a junior in high school in Omaha, NE when she began experiencing headaches and vision changes.  Her doctor thought it might be due to recent changes in her medication, but the condition persisted and worsened; the ophthalmologist detected pressure on the brain and…

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Kortney Rose Foundation Pioneers Fundraising for Pediatric Brain Cancer

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,…

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Death Sentence for 300 Children Each Year in the United States Motivates DIPG Advocacy Group Trip to Washington DC

April 14, 2018 The current medical research system…is non-apologetically and systematically divested of concern. April 12, 2018, Santa Clarita, CA–The DIPG Advocacy Group, organized by childhood cancer advocate Janet Demeter of Agua Dulce, CA is preparing a trip to Washington DC for the week of April 16, 2018 to visit…

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CCTR Presents, “Realities of DIPG”

Jaime King, mother to Katie(7), aka Katherine the Brave, and Mark Landis, father to Parker (5), describe the realities faced by parents of DIPG-diagnosed children today. DIPG, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, is an invariably terminal pediatric brain tumor with no change in treatment protocol for over 40 years. Parents discover…

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