Join the “Others”

Today marks the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the gold will bleed into pink, and many won’t give these kids another thought until next September: how sad is that?!

There is a group of us referred to as the “others”.

We are the ones who can not, will not put away the cause simply because today is 9/30.

We are the ones who believe we can, and so we will.

Fact: We are not curing everyone.

Fact: We are curing many.

Fact: Cure necessarily creates a responsibility with regard to survivorship.

Fact: We need innovative, less toxic, effective, and durable therapies that target cancer cells and leave normal cells, tissues, and vital organs alone.

Fact: Said therapies are the result of research and development which takes more than 4% of the NCI’s total budget.

Fact: Current therapies are providing cures and the numbers of survivors grows every day.

Fact: >95% of childhood cancer survivors will have at least one chronic health condition by the time they are 45.

Fact: <25% of survivors can give an accurate detailed treatment history making treatment-related risk difficult to assess.

Fact: Effective management of late effects MUST be funded; otherwise, we are remiss at best.

Fact: Cure is not enough.

Join us, won’t you?

Simply

Stephie!