Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: partnership aims to change story of

“It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of childhood cancer”, Annabella said.

On Tuesday, she returned to the hospital to announce a $1.25-million donation from Kids Cancer Care (KCC) to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. It is recommended that a woman who experiences symptoms that persist for more than two weeks should see her doctor and a gynecologic oncologist if ovarian cancer is suspected.

Newswatch 16’s Nikki Krize was one of several speakers at the event. Lacey’s Springs mother Terri Cross knows this pain all too well; she lost her son Chase to cancer more than three years ago. Many women are unaware of some simple facts: a Pap test does not detect ovarian cancer.

Up to 250 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in Ireland, of that number 20 per cent will not survive.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2015 as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. “This is why we started Newk’s Cares- it was a kitchen table idea born from a desire to create life out of my cancer journey and make a positive contribution toward the health and happiness of fellow women”.

“I can only imagine how hard, how daunting it must have been for my doctors to do the surgery, it took them 14 hours”. The CURE Childhood Cancer organization is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through research, education and support.

The executive director of the Children’s Cancer Institute, professor Michelle Haber, explains the program aims to personalise cancer treatment for individual patients.

Numerous children and families climbed the Statehouse steps after the brief ceremony, posing for photos and simply taking in the scene, shining a light on memories – and on hope.

We also had the support of our neighbors, our friends, my father’s union and our church.

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer Fund for Children will be campaigning to support even more families just like the Glenn’s whose lives have been devastated by cancer.